ON FREE PUBLIC VIEW 
9 A.M. UNTIL 6 P.M. 


AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES 


MADISON SQUARE SOUTH, NEW YORK 


FROM FRIDAY, JANUARY 23rp, 1920 
UNTIL THE DATE OF SALE, INCLUSIVE 


THE 
S. S. ROSENSTAMM COLLECTION 


OF 


ANTIQUE CHINESE PORCELAINS 


AND OTHER OBJECTS 
OF ORNAMENT AND UTILITY 


TO BE SOLD AT UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE 
BY DIRECTION OF THE EXECUTORS 


| ON THE AFTERNOONS OF TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY 
| JANUARY 271TH AND 28TH 


AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES 
MADISON SQUARE SOUTH, NEW YORK 
BEGINNING EACH AFTERNOON AT 2.30 O’CLOCK 


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ew UhPoBO TITLES, CARVED JADEs, ROCK CRYSTAL 
OLD AND MODERN SILVER, BRASSES, PEWTER, 
TABLE GLASSWARE AND CHINA, CABINETS, 
STEINWAY GRAND PIANO AND OTHER 
OBJECTS 


BELONGING TO THE. ESTATE OF THE LATE 


S. S. ROSENSTAMM 


OF NEW YORK 


TO BE SOLD AT UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE 


BY DIRECTION OF THE EXECUTORS 


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MADISON SQUARE SOUTH, NEW YORK 


ON THE AFTERNOONS HEREIN STATED 


THE SALE WILL BE CONDUCTED BY 
Mier tbiOMAS ha KIRBY: 
AND HIS ASSISTANTS, MR. OTTO BERNET AND MR. H. H. PARKE, 
| OF THE 
AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, Manacers 
NEW YORK 
1920 


THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION 

DESIGNS ITS CATALOGUES AND DIRECTS 

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TEXT AND TYPOGRAPHY 


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CONDITIONS OF SALE 


1. Any bid which is merely a nominal or fractional advance 
may be rejected by the auctioneer, if, in his judgment, such bid 
would be likely to affect the sale injuriously. 


2. The highest bidder shall be the buyer, and if any dispute 
arise between two or more bidders, the auctioneer shall either de- 


cide the same or put up for re-sale the lot so in dispute. 


3. Payment shall be made of all or such part of the pur- 
chase money as may be required, and the names and addresses of 
the purchasers shall be given immediately on the sale of every lot, 
in default of which the lot so purchased shall be immediately put 
up again and re-sold. 

Payment of that part of the purchase money not made at 
the time of sale shall be made within ten days thereafter, in de- 
fault of which the undersigned may either continue to hold the 
lots at the risk of the purchaser and take such action as may be 
necessary for the enforcement of the sale, or may at public or 
private sale, and without other than this notice, re-sell the lots 
for the benefit of such purchaser, and the deficiency (if any) aris- 


ing from such re-sale shall be a charge against such purchaser. 


4. Delivery of any purchase will be made only upon pay- 
ment of the total amount due for all purchases at the sale. 

‘Deliveries will be made on sales days between the hours of 
9 A. M. and 1 P. M., and on other days—except holidays— 
between the hours of 9 A. M. and 5 P. M. 

Delivery of any purchase will be made only at the American 
Art Galleries, or other place of sale, as the case may be, and only 
on presenting the bill of purchase. 

Delivery may be made, at the discretion of the Association, 


of any purchase during the session of the sale at which it was sold. 


5. Shipping, boxing or wrapping of purchases is a business 
in which the Association is in no wise engaged, and will not be 
performed by the Association for purchasers. The Association 
will, however, afford to purchasers every facility for employing 
at current and reasonable rates carriers and packers; doing so, 
however, without any assumption of responsibility on its part 
for the acts and charges of the parties engaged for such service. 

6. Storage of any purchase shall be at the sole risk of the 
purchaser. Title passes upon the fall of the auctioneer’s hammer, 
and thereafter, while the Association will exercise due caution in 
caring for and delivering such purchase, it will not hold itself 
responsible if such purchase be lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed. 

Storage charges will be made upon all purchases not removed 


within ten days from the date of the sale thereof. 


7. Guarantee is not made either by the owner or the Asso- 
ciation of the correctness of the description, genuineness or au- 
thenticity of any lot, and no sale will be set aside on account of 
any incorrectness, error of cataloguing, or any imperfection not 
noted. Every lot is on public exhibition one or more days prior 
to its sale, after which it is sold ‘fas is”? and without recourse. 

The Association exercises great care to catalogue every lot 
correctly, and will give consideration to the opinion of any trust- 
worthy expert to the effect that any lot has been incorrectly cata- 
logued, and, in its judgment, may cither sell the lot as catalogued 
or make mention of the opinion of such expert, who thereby would 
become responsible for such damage as might result were his 


opinion without proper foundation. 


AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, 
American Art Galleries, 


Madison Square South. 


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THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION 


MANAGERS 
SALE AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES 


Collection of the Late 
S. S. ROSENSTAMM 
Afternoons of January 27 and 28, 1920 


To save time and to prevent mistakes each Purchaser will 
oblige the Managers by filling in this slip and handing it 
to the Record Clerk or Sales Attendant on making the first 
purchase. 


Purchaser’s Name 
Address in Full 


Amount of Deposit 


FIRST AFTERNOON’S SALE 
TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1920 
AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES 


BEGINNING AT 2.30 O'CLOCK 


SNUFF BOTTLES IN JADE, PORCELAIN, GLASS, CRYS:- 
TAL, AGATE, LACQUER, IVORY, TURQUOISE, 
LAPIS-LAZULI AND OTHER SUBSTANCES 


1—Two Snurr BoTtTLes 
Flask-shape in gray soapstone, carved with a gourd; 
plum-shape in grayish jade, unadorned. 


2—Twin SNUFF BOTTLES 
Chinese white porcelain, painted in enamels and in under- 
glaze rouge-de-fer with a rooster and hen and chickens in 
a formal garden. 


3—PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE Ch’ien-Lung 
Square, enameled in black on which a floral scroll is 
traced in green, punctuated by blossoms in aubergine. 
On obverse and reverse, leaf medallions reserved in white 
and painted with birds and flowers in enamel colors. Six- 
character mark of the reign. 


4—ImpERIAL GLAss SNUFF BOTTLE 
Flask shape. Painted in rich color on the inner side with an 
imposing figure augustly raising a wine cup; signed. Also 
on the inner side, an inscription entitled and signed involv- 
ing forty characters in calligraphic writing finely executed. 


First Afternoon 


a o—ComposiTE SNuFF BoTTLe 
Globular jar shaped, flattened some- 
what. With gilt bronze foot and lip, 
and stopper, the body is decorated 
with cloisonné enameling; on _ the 
two faces with a phoenix and a but- 
terfly within enameled medallions, 
and elsewhere with a chrysanthemum 
scroll laid within a ground of 
aventurine. 


6—YELLOW AMBER SNUFF BoTTLE 

Bi-convex with edges and shoulder 
5 flattened. Clouded and showing a 
softened lustre. 


7—Two Snurr BotTtTLes 


A chocolate-colored oviform nut mounted in silver and hav- 
ing silver stopper; and a wooden oviform bottle carved on 
all sides with sages in a forest retreat. 


8—TuRQUOISE SNUFF BOTTLE 


Flattened flask shape, carved in the turquoise matrix, which 
is finely veined in black. 


9—G.Lass JADE SNUFF BOTTLE 


Flattened oviform, beautifully marked in light emerald 
tones; in imitation of fei-ts’ui jade; soft polish. 


10—AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 


Flattened globular form, carved in low relief with the 
phoenix and peony. 


1]—Guass SnuFrFr BOTTLE 


Flask shape; colorless ground, with bas-relief carvings of 
flowers and butterflies in polychrome. 


12—CameEo Guass SnuFF BOTTLE 


Oviform, with dark vermilion reliefs of incense burners 
and vases on an azure ground. 


First Afternoon 


13—CAMEO-GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE 


Ovate, with relief carvings of im- 
mortals under pine trees and 
crossing the waves, in wine color 
on a ground “frosted” with 
minute interior air bubbles. 


14—-Two Snurr BottLes 


Cameo-glass, one pear-shaped, 
one flask-shaped, with ruby pan- 
els, in the one case on a trans- 
parent colorless ground, in the 


other on a flaked or bubbled 


eround. 


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15—GiL_t BronzE SNUFF BOTTLE 
Flattened oviform; unadorned. 


16—G1ass Snurr BOTTLE 
Flattened oviform; transparent glass of rich purple-blue, 
unadorned. 


17—AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE 
Pear shaped; clouded yellow amber with soft polish; unem- 


bellished. 


18—LaPIs-LAZULI SNUFF BOTTLE 


Tapering flask shaped with bright polish; handsome mot- 
tling, the blue of rich quality. 


19—Two Snurr BoTTLes 


One flask shape in gray jade-stone undecorated, the other 
melon shaped in carnelian agate carved with vine stem and 
leaves in relief. 


20—SMOKE-CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE 
Flask shape, carved in low relief with magnified daisies or 
wild chrysanthemums. 


First Afternoon 


21—WuitE JADE SnuFF BoTTLe 
Flattened globular-jar form. Both 
faces carved with multiple Shou 
characters in delicate relief. Car- 
nelian-set silver stopper with horn 
spoon. 


22—-EBoONY-GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE 
Carved in the form of the human 
hand as held by a Buddhist priest 
in praying attitude, and incised 
with seal characters. 


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23—LAPIS-LAZULI SNUFF BOTTLE 


Carved as a vase, surrounded by squirrels and a grape- 
vine with fruit, in high relief and undercutting. 


24—-PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE 


Flask shape; lapis-blue enamel glaze, with sunken panels 
reserved in white and painted in polychrome with land- 
scape and a figure walking. 


25—AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE 


Globular jar-shaped; dark brown opaque amber, carved 
in relief with Fu-lions and the brocaded ball, and on a 
patch of light amber with a bat on the wing. 


26—G.Lass SNUFF BOTTLE 
Ovoid. Made in imitation of fei-ts’ui jade, wholly in the 
emerald green with faintest vaporous cloudings; bright 
surface. 


27—ComPOSITION SNUFF BoTTLE 


Flattened oviform; marbleized or conglomerate effect in 
dark and rich onyx tones. 


28—DeEcoraTED Giass SNUFF BOTTLE 


Ovoidal, with butterflies and growing flowers in polychrome 
enamels on an opaque milk-white ground of soft lustre. 


First Afternoon 


29—Pink Cora SNUFF BOTTLE 
Bulbous flask shape; high relief 


carvings all around, picturing 
happy boys at play under a plum 
tree in blossom, a smiling female 
figure carrying a vase, and a horse 
and a lion under a pine tree. 


30—Japre Snurr BoTTLe 


Flask shape. Translucent white 
jade with bas-reliefs of monkeys 
and a peach tree. In legend, 
monkeys are sent to gather the 
peaches of immortality for the 
god of longevity. 29 


31—Japre SnurFr Bottie 
Translucent mutton-fat jade carved in double-gourd form, 
with soft polish. 


32—POoORCELAIN SNUFF BoTTLE 
Flattened globular-jar form; variegated glaze, with mot- 
tlings of fresh moss-green and bright yellow on a ground 
of pale aubergine. 


33—AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 
Flattened flask shape. Obverse, Li Po with his wine gourd, 
asleep under a pine tree, carved in low relief; reverse, 
swimming fishes. 


34—Moss-aGaATE SNUFF BOTTLE 
Flask shape. Richly mottled, in amber, gray and brown, 
with the major areas wearing the aspect of imprisoned 
green moss; bright polish. 


309—CAMEO-GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE 
Oviform. Relief decoration in two oval panels of pale 
cherry color, one enclosing a lotus pond, the other an 


inscription in seal writing. 
Height, 3 inches 


First Afternoon 


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36—CINNABAR LACQUER SNUFF BOTTLE 


Globular jar form. Decoration of four boys in gardens, 
two holding lotus flowers, one using mortar and pestle. 


37—Ivory SNuFF BoTTLE AND STOPPER 


Large flask form. Masterly carvings of a lady carrying a 
lute under a blossoming tree, a phcenix on a branch of a 
pomegranate tree in bearing, both in cavo-rilievo on a 
ground of incised floral trellis, and bat-wing scrolls on a 


ground of incised waves. 
Height, 3% inches 


38—JADE SNUFF BOTTLE 


Globular jar shape. Pure white jade smoothly polished, 
with a soft lustre, and showing delicate carvings of a 
plum tree and the sacred fungus, in palpable relief. 


39—Two Snurr BotTtTLes 


One cylindrical, in pink coral, carved with playful boys 
and symbolic bats, in relief; the other oviform, in porce- 
lain, with a decoration in reticulate relief picturing 
dragons after the whirling jewel among clouds, the whole 
in a monochrome glaze of lapis-blue enamel. 


Height of porcelain bottle, 3 inches 


First Afternoon 


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40—BiLuE ano WHITE PORCELAIN SNUFF 
BoTTLE Yung Chéng 


Painted in brilliant sapphire-blue on a 
ground of soft white with a tragic domestic 
(theatrical) scene, in which a man in a 
pavilion who seems to have been hidden 
in a box or evoked by magic on a cloud 
of smoke emerges with raised sword. 


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40sa—BLUE AND WHITE SNUFF BOTTLE 


Painted in two tones of blue with imperial dragons emerg- 
ing from the sea and in the clouds, on a cream-white 
ground with café-au-lait crackle. 


41—Pink CorAL SNUFF BOTTLE AND STOPPER 


Pear-shape. Bold relief carvings of a Fu-lion with the bro- 
caded ball and a cup, and a scroll bearing an incised 
inscription. 


42—Ivory SnuFF BoTTLE 


Inverted pear shape; decoration, catfish and other fishes 
among aquatic plants, delicately engraved and pointed in 


India ink. 
Height, 3 inches 


43—CINNABAR LACQUER SNUFF BOTTLE 


Inverted pear shape; carved with sages among mountain 
forests, in relief on an incised fret ground. 


First Afternoon 


44—DECORATED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE 
Yung Chéng 
Cylindrical. Nine imperial dragons on 
and in the sea and among the clouds are 
painted in deep peach-red, the sea and the 
clouds in blue, on a brilliant soft white 
ground. Mark, the seal of the reign in un- 


derglaze-blue. 
Height, 3% inches 


45—JADE SNUFF BoTTLE 
Pilgrim-bottle form; white jade with gray 
and brown areas, carved with magnolia 
tree and fungus designs in delicate relief. 


46—Grass SNUFF BoTTLe 

44 Flask shape. Interior paintings in color, 
on one face boys at play, on the other a river and a moun- 
tain landscape; on the exterior, bats and panel-framing in 
vermilion relief. 


47—BLANC-DE-CHINE SNUFF BOTTLE 


Ovoidal, with the Eighteen Arhats in bold relief, two of 
them mounted on kylins. 


48—CLOISONNE ENAMEL SNUFF BOTTLE AND STOPPER 
Ovoid, the stopper hat-shaped; two metal monster-head 
handles at shoulder. Decoration, two polychrome medal- 
lions in Indian lotus motive, within a foliar scroll, on a 
turquoise-blue ground. 


49—PoORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE Chia Ching 
Ovoidal, decorated with nine Fu-lions and the brocaded ball 
in colors of the rose-verte family, in super-relief on a white 
reticulate ground itself in relief. 


First Afternoon 


50—AMBER SNUFF BoTTLE 


In form a bottle of inverted pear shaped 
body with shoulders tapering in gentle 
concave curve into a short and slender 
neck. Yellow amber with a varied 
clouding and touched with red. Bril- 


lant polish. 
Height, 3% inches 


91—Buack CrysTaL SNUFF BoTTLE 
Heavy flask shape, carved in relief with 
a solitary bird in a plum tree, and on 
the reverse with a bamboo tree. 


92—Moss-acaTE SNUFF BOTTLE 
Flask shape, with bright polish; varie- 
gated in hue, with moss-green amongst 
grays and browns. = 


53—WHITE JADE Snurr BoTTLe witH FEI-Ts’Ul STOPPER 
Quadrilateral, on low foot; engraved with flora and ideo- 
graphs in low relief, the characters being the shuang hsi or 
“double joy” symbol, inscribed on bridal presents. 


54—Ivory Snurr BoTTLe 
Ovoid-jar shape. All-around carving in cavo-rilievo, pre- 
senting the figures of the eight Taoist immortals in their 
mountain retreat. Warm and fine reddish-brown patina. 


59—AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 
Bulbous flask shape. Translucent fog-gray agate, with the 
figures of two horses carved in bold relief in a layer of 
ivory-white on the obverse. 


First Afternoon 


56—AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 


Flask shape, with mottled coloring in the deep green of 
moss in dark woodlands, reddish-brown and kindred hues, 
and softly brilliant polish. 


97—CINNABAR LACQUER SNUFF BOTTLE 
Inverted pear shape, carved with figures of sages in grottos 


in cavo-rilievo. 
Height, 3 inches 


58—lIvory Snurr BoTTLe 


Flask shape, carved in delicate relief with a standing and 
a seated figure on garden terraces, on an incised fret 
ground. 


59—QuarRTz SNUFF BOTTLE 
Ovoid, with luminous polish; a brownish-smoky hue with 
purplish trend. Silver stopper. 


60—Pair PoRcELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES 
Cylindrical. _ Famille-verte decoration of four-clawed 
dragons on a ground of incised waves. 
Height, 3 inches 


61—WuiteE JADE SNUFF BoTTLE 
Carved as a lotus bud, the overlapping petals incised. 


62—PoRCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE K’ang-hsi 
Cylindrical. Decoration, an imperial dragon in peach-red 
above a blue sea, on a brilliant white ground. Underneath 


foot a seated tiger in underglaze blue. 
; Height, 3% inches 


63—-Two AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES 


One flask-shape, with an elephant, a lion and archaic dragons 
carved in relief; the other ovoid and unornamented, save 
in its own finely defined wavy striations of varied coloring. 


64—PorRCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE 
Oviform. Rich, deep and dark purplish-brown glaze, 
penciled in gold with a dragon among the clouds. 


First Afternoon 


65—FEI-Ts’UI JADE SNUFF BOTTLE AND 
STOPPER 

Ovoid, with softly brilliant polish, 

and varied mottling; no carved or- 
namentation. 


66—CAMEO-GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE 


Ovate, with ducks and a lotus 
pond in ruby relief. 


67—CINNABAR LACQUER SNUFF BOTTLE 
Flattened bottle-form, with sages 
in groves carved in relief in ver- 
milion on yellow and_ black 
grounds. 


Height, 3% inches 


68—WHITE JADE SNUFF JAR AND STOPPER 
Quadrilateral, contracting toward the foot, with corners 
indented and flat shoulder; hat-shaped stopper with ivory 
spoon. All four sides finely engraved with figures. 


69—Ivory SNUFF BOTTLE AND STOPPER 
Ovoid-jar form, embellished with human figures, horses and 
an ass, with pavilions and gardens, carved by incision and 
in high relief and painted in polychrome; chrysanthemum 
stopper. 


70—SMOKE CRYSTAL SNUFF JAR 


Hexagonal. Incised and relief decoration of bats, a butter- 
fly and flowers. 


71—AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 
Flask shape. Grayish clouded translucent agate, with a 
camel, a tiger and symbols carved in relief in a layer of rich 
sugary-brown. 


First Afternoon 


72—Two SnuFF BoTtTLes 


Agate; one pear shape, with a crab and lotus-leaf in relief 
in a layer of carnelian, the other flask shape with a melon 
and butterfly in relief. 


73—Rock CrYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE 


Large flask shape; carved with monster-head masks and 
deep pendent rings at the shoulders, in delicate relief. 


74—-AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE 
Flattened bottle-form. Yellow opaque amber with hand- 
some cloudings, brilliantly polished and without decora- 


tion. 
Height, 3% inches 


75—WHITE JADE SNUFF JAR 


Quadrilateral flask shape, with stepped shoulders and 
base. Obverse carved with Shou-lao and attendant under a 
pine tree, reverse with the god’s emblem the spotted stag, 
recumbent, all in delicate relief. 


76—BLue AND WHITE PoRCELAIN SNUFF BoTTLE Yung Chéng 
Oviform with flaring foot. Brilliant sapphire-blue deco- 
ration of two figures in a garden, on a creamy-white ground. 


Height, 3% inches 


77—BLvuE AND WHITE PorcELAIN SNUFF BoTTLE Clien-lung 
Bulbous flask shape, with a decoration of landscape and 
figures in sapphire-blue and a delicate wash on a ground 
of soft white. Porcelain stopper to match. 


78—CAMEO-GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE 
Inverted pear-shape, with gold lip. From a palace in the 
clouds a stork, courier of the immortals, bears a scroll 
above a turbulent sea from which a dragon emerges, all in 
relief in deep lapis-blue on a brilliant milk-white ground. 


Height, 3% inches 


First Afternoon 


79—WHITE JADE HANGING SNUFF JAR AND STOPPER 


Ovoid and flattened, with edges sharp; low spreading foot. 
A cord passes through loops on the sides of the underbody 
and other loops at the lip, with corresponding loops on the 
cover, for suspension at the girdle. 


80—-PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE Chia Ching 
Ovoidal. Two dragons pursue the pearl of omnipotence, in 
relief on a reticulated ground, the whole in a monochrome 

coral-pink glaze. (Slightly chipped.) 
Height, 3 inches 


81—CINNABAR LACQUER SNUFF BOTTLE AND STOPPER 
Inverted pear shape, decorated with sages under trees, in 


relief on an incised ground. 
Height, 3 inches 


82—PoRCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE Ch’ien-lung 
Oviform, with a polychrome decoration of a three-clawed 
dragon and a pheenix, in relief on a reticulated ground of 
conventional clouds. 


83—AcaTE SnuFF BoTTLe 


Flask shape, carved in low relief with a boy on a buffalo 
approaching the home of a hermit. 


84—WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE 


Globular jar form, flattened. Both faces finely carved with 
leaning plum trees in blossom, in delicate relief. 


85—Ivory SNUFF BOTTLE Ch’ien-lung 
Vase form, with lotus borders at foot and shoulder, and 
a short neck with molded lip. The entire body given to 
a decoration in cavo-rilievo and undercutting, picturing a 
crowned immortal attended by a boy and a stork, before a 
pavilion, and two beautiful ladies carrying a fan and a 
lotus blossom, the whole painted in polychrome. Incised 
seal mark of Ch’ien-lung. 


First Afternoon 


86—CINNABAR LACQUER SNUFF BOTTLE 


Pilgrim-bottle form, with two monster-head handles at 
shoulder, bronzed. Medallions of figures in relief in 
gardens, on an incised fret ground. 


87—WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE 


Ornate flask form, the sides slightly incurvate, with monster- 
head mask and ring handles in light relief at the shoulders. 


88—Rock AMBER SNUFF JAR 


Large flask shape. Opaque yellow-brown amber with dark 
brown patches. All-around relief decoration, including 
two monster-head handles, the other carvings showing a 
man fishing, a farmer crossing a bridge, a mandarin read- 
ing and a boy with a hoe. 

Height, 3% inches 


89—AcaTE SNUFF BOTTLE 


Bulbous flask shape; semi-translucent agate of soft gray- 
ish tone, brilliantly polished and without adornment. 


First Afternoon 


90—PoRCcELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE Chia Ch’ing 


Oviform. On a white ground of serried waves, the Eight 
Immortals in polychrome relief, borne toward the palace 
of the Taoist paradise. 


91—SmokE CrysTAaL SNUFF BOTTLE 


Flattened flask shape, with low relief carvings of plum, 
pine and bamboo trees. 


92—-CAMEO-GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE 


Pilgrim-bottle form, with fabulous beasts carved in ruby 
relief on a ground whitened by minute internal air bub- 
bles. Height, 3% inches 


93—Ivory SNUFF JAR Cl’ien-lung 


Elongated flask shape. Masterly carvings in bold relief, on 
one face a lady seated on her balcony, with bamboo shade 
raised revealing a mountain landscape, and on the other 
a lady standing on a balconied terrace, holding a fan and 
a fly whisk and surrounded by lotus plants in bloom. On 
the sides chrysanthemum scrolls, and on foot, shoulder and 
neck various borders. Incised seal mark of Ch’ien-lung. 
Height, 3% inches 


First Afternoon 


94—LarcE CrystaL Guiass SNUFF JAR Cl’ien-lung 


Ovoidal, with carved foot and shoulder and two monster- 
head and ring handles. Interior figure paintings in poly- 
chrome, on one face a Court scene and on the opposite face 
a landscape with a man and boy under a pine tree. Under 
the foot are incised characters in the form of a seal. 

Height, 5 inches 


95—Moss-aAGATE SNUFF JAR 


Heavy flask form; wonderfully marked in greens, browns 
and yellow, with touches of white and red. Undecorated. 
Height, 3% inches 


96—BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN SNUFF JAR Chien-lung 


Pilgrim-bottle form, with two relief handles on the sides. 
Body penciled in blue with a highly conventional lotus 
scroll, and on each face a circular panel reserved in white 
reveals the “rice-grain” pattern in translucent glaze (the 
paste excised), enclosing a Shou medallion in blue. (Foot 
slightly chipped. ) Height, 3% inches 


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97—LAPIS-LAZULI SNUFF JAR AND STOPPER 


Ovoidal, expanding from a delicate foot; dome cover 
with blossom finial. On one face a lady carrying a jar, 
followed by a boy attendant, and on the other a boy riding 
a buffalo followed by a bearded man on foot, all in relief. 


Height, 3% inches 


98— Ivory Snurr JAR 


Ovoid, with profuse ornamentation in relief, representing 
altogether nine figures, under a pine tree, crossing a bridge, 
standing beside a waterfall, and looking out from a 
pavilion. Tinted in polychrome and touched with gold. 


Height, 3 inches 


99—AMBER SNUFF JAR 


Bulbous flask form. Translucent red-brown amber brightly 
polished, with animal-mask and ring shoulder handles in 


low relief. Height, 3% inches 


DUTCH AND OTHER SILVER 


100—Two DutcH SILver Toys 


One modeled as a Violin, repoussé with dancing Nymphs 
and scrolls, one as a Tankard, repoussé with scrolls. 


101—Two Dutcu Sitver Toys 


One modeled as an ox-cart with yoke of oxen, one as a 
Roman Chariot drawn by three horses. 


102—Two Dutcu Sitver Toys 


Both modeled as children in swings, one with pent roof, 
one with tree branch surmounted by a bird. 


103—Two DutcH Sttver Toys 


One modeled as a four-wheeled chariot, with horse driven 
by an Amorino, one as a Cock-fight with peasant brandish- 
ing a stick. 


104—Dutcu Sitver Toy AnD VASE 


Toy modeled as a Chariot body repoussé with scrolls, and 
stag driven by an Amorino, vase with spherical body and 
cylindrical neck, repoussé with flutings and scrolls. 


Height of vase, 4 inches 


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105—Dutcu Sitver Toy 
Modeled as a brick well head; with scrolled arch sur- 
mounted by a bird, bucket and pulley and figure of a 
nude Putto at side. On rectangular base repoussé with 


stones. 
Height, 4 inches 


106—DutcuH Sittver Toy 


Modeled as a settee in the Louis XV style, with pierced 
scrolled back and seat repoussés with scrolls and circular 
medallion. 

Height, 3 inches 


107—Two DutcH Sitver Toys 


Modeled as a settee and chair in the Louis XV style. Backs 
pierced and repoussés with scrolls, seats repoussés with 
scrollings. 

Length of settee, 2°4 inches 


108—DutcuH SILVER ScENT BOTTLE AND STATUETTE 


Scent bottle modeled as a baby in swaddling clothes with 
head hinged to form cover. Statuette modeled as the 
standing figure of a saddled donkey. 


110—DutcH SILveR VINAIGRETTE AND Box oF THE I8TH 
CENTURY 
Shell shaped vinaigrette with hinged outer and pierced in- 


ner lid. Vase shaped box with hinged lid and crown 
finial. 

111—Dutcu Sitver Box 
Shaped as a fan, with hinged lid repoussé with two seated 


figures in 18th century costumes the sides repoussés with 
scrolls. Interior gilt. 


112—DutcuH SILVER ScEeNT BOTTLE 
Modeled as a standing cup with straight sided bowl re- 
poussé with rococo scrolls, spirally twisted stem, circular 
molded foot, quatrefoil rim and domed cover with remov- 


able cap and chain. 
Height, 5 inches 


113—Dutcu Sitver MatcH SAFE 
Modeled as the figure of a youth in 16th century costume, 
with a bottle in one hand, a stick in the other and a pack, 


forming the match safe, on his back. 
Height, 3% inches 


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114—DutcuH SItver Box 


Pouch shaped, with hinged lid repoussé with scrolled panel 
enclosing subject of Alexander and the wife of Darius, 
sides repoussés with scrolled panels of trophies and figure 


subjects. Interior gilt. 
Length, 3% inches 


115—DutcwH SILverR VASE 
Pear shaped body, incurved cylindrical neck and scalloped 
rim. Repoussé with scrolls, flutings and floral sprays. 


Height, 4% inches 


116—S1x DutcuH SILVER TEA-SPOONS 
Oval and shovel shaped bowls, two modedel as shells. Four 


handles pierced and modeled with figures of bears, caryatids 
and escutcheons, two modeled with figures of Putti. 


117—DutcuH SILver Cappy SPOON 
Pointed bowl repoussé with figure of a man on horseback 
and with gauffered edge. Handle modeled with scrolled 


escutcheon and seated nude figure. 
Length, 514 inches 


118—HANOVERIAN SILVER SPOON OF THE 18TH CENTURY 
Oval plain bowl, straight banded and scrolled handle and 


top modeled as a rearing horse. 
Length, 7 inches 


119—Dutcu Sitver Spoon 
Oval plain bowl, handle pierced and modeled with twisted 
scroll, and top modeled as a group of greyhounds. 


Length, 7 inches 


120—DutcH SILVER SPOON 
Oval plain bowl, handle pierced and modeled with 
twisted scrolls, top pierced and modeled as the figure of 
a musician seated on a bench with his hat at his side. 


Length, 8 inches 


121—-DutcH SILVER HANDLED JEWISH CIRCUMCISION KNIFE 
Octagonal tapering handle engraved with inscription in 
Hebrew characters and set with cabochon cut stones. Steel 


blade. In original leather case. 
Length, 6 inches 


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122—Dutcu Sittver Rouce Houper anp Two Cups 


Trefoil shaped rouge holder on ball feet engraved on one 
side with group of Solomon and the two women, on the 
other with an inscription in Hebrew characters and with 
stopper and carrying chain; cups with incurved side en- 
graved with inscriptions in Hebrew characters. 


Height of rouge holder, 3 inches; of cups, 2 inches 


123—-ENGLISH SILVER CicaR AsH Bowls 


Coupe shaped, with sides decorated with engine turning, 
and tops with revolving corners. Birmingham Hall Mark. 


Height, 2 inches 


124—-TH REE CORKSCREWS 


Handles of deers’ horns, screws of steel. One with silver 
mounts engraved with monogram. 


125—THREE SILVER SKEWERS AND Two ForKs 
Plain skewers with ring handles. Forks with scrolled tines 


and pointed handles. Forks with Birmingham Hall Mark. 
Lengths, 7% and 4% inches 


126—SiLver Bonson Toncs AND SuGAR SIFTER 


Tongs with five tines and scrolled handles. Sifter with 
pierced bowl and scrolled handle. 
Height, 5 inches 


127—OnE SILVER AND ONE SILVER-PLATED Bon-Bon DiIsH 


Heart shaped silver dish with pierced and scrolled border, 
engraved with monogram. Quatrefoil silver-plated dish 
with pierced and scrolled sides. 


Length, 4% inches; diameter, 5 inches 


128—Two Sitver Trays 


One rectangular, one circular. Both with molded and scroll 
decorated edges and engraved with monograms. 


Sizes, 4 inches square; diameter, 6 inches 


129—SILVER AND Guiass Bon-son DisH 


Rectangular shape with pierced scrolled sides and flat bale 
handle, fitted with two green glass liners. Birmingham 
Hall Mark. 

Height, 3% inches; length, 6% inches 


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130—SetT oF Four SttveR PEPPER AND SALT CRUETS 


Twin cylindrical holders, repoussés with a floral pattern 
and with looped carying handles molded with scrolls and 
flowers. Cut glass bottles with pierced silver tops. 


131—SILvER ASPARAGUS SERVER 


Pierced shovel-shaped blade and rectangular handle with 
scrolled edges. 
Length, 8% inches 


132—SetT oF TWELVE SILVER BUTTER PLATES 


Circular shape with beaded and floral edges. Engraved 
with monogram. 
Diameter, 2°4 inches 


133—SeET oF TWELVE SILVER SMALL PLATES 


Circular shape with flat rims and beaded edges. Engraved 
with monograms. 
Diameter, 6 inches 


134—Set oF TWELVE SILVER BovuILLoN Cups, CoveRS AND 
STANDS 


Straight incurved sided bowls with flat edges decorated, in 
relief, with floral festoons and with scrolled edges. Looped 
and scrolled handles, domed covers with pointed leaf 
finials. Saucer shaped stands with flat rims decorated, in 
relief, with floral festoons and with scrolled edges. 


Height, 3 inches; diameter, 6% inches 


135—Set oF TWELVE SILVER PLATES 


Octagonal shape with carved rims repoussés with scrolls, 
floral sprays and festoons of flowers and with scrolled edges. 
Centres engraved with monograms. 

Diameter, 8% inches 


136—SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE 


Hexagonal pear shaped bodies, pinnacle covers with turned 
finials, looped handles, hexagonal feet and carved spouts. 
Flat chased in a pattern of strapwork, scrolls, vases of 
flowers, festoons of flowers and floral sprays and with 
reeded rims. Set consists of hot water kettle, coffee pot, 
tea pot, sucrier, cream ewer and waste bowl. 


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137—Set or Four SILver CANDLESTICKS 
Baluster shaped stems, fluted and decorated with festoons 
and scrolls, vase-shaped, scrolled candlesockets and cir- 
cular bobéches repoussés with floral sprays and _ with 
scrolled edges, circular molded feet repoussés with scrolls 
and festoons of flowers. Fitted with candle cases and 


printed shades with glass bead fringes. 
Height, 8% inches 


138—SILVER FLOWER BowL 


Boat shaped with pierced rococo edges, looped scrolled 
handles and pierced voluted feet. Sides repoussés with 
scrolled panels of Amorini playing with a goat, and with 


flowers and scrolls. 
Height, 6 inches; length, 13% inches 


139—Pair oF SILVER FRUIT CoMPOTES 
Tazza shaped bodies with pierced and scrolled rims 
repoussés with scrolled panels of flowers, incurved stems, 
and circular molded feet with edges pierced in scrolls and 
decorated with flowers and leaves. 


Height, 5% inches; diameter, 13 inches 


140—SItver Puncu Bow. 


Coupe shaped bowl repoussé with rococo shells and scrolled 
acanthus and serrated leaves, incurved neck, reamed scal- 
loped rim decorated with shells and rococo scrolls and cir- 
cular, molded and scalloped foot decorated with shells and 


rococo scrolls. 
Height, 9 inches; diameter, 14 inches 


141—SILVER AND Gass TRAY 
Oval shaped with silver gallery edge pierced in an arcaded 
pattern, straight bar looped handles, ball feet and plate glass 
bottom cut with a star in the centre. Glass cracked. 


Length, 23 inches; width, 16 inches 


142—SILverR TRAY 


Rectangular shape with rounded angles, flat rim, molded 
edge and projecting looped handles. Centre engraved with 
panels of scrollings and festoons of flowers and with a circu- 
lar medallion occupied by an engraved monogram. Rim 
flatchased with intertwined scrolls. 


Length, 29 inches; width, 20% inches 


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143—Sitver Rose Bow. 


Coupe shaped bowl, reamed scalloped rim repoussé with 
scrolls and festoons of flowers and with scrolled edge, in- 
curved stem and circular molded foot repoussé with scrolls 
and festoons of flowers and with scrolled edge. Fitted with 
gilt pierced basket and trellised wire cover. 


Height, 5% inches; diameter, 17 inches 


144—Set oF Sitver Fiat Ware oF 279 PIEcEsS 


Spoons with round and oval bowls, forks with four tines. 
Shaped handles decorated with raised sprays of vases and 
leaves and with scrolled edges. In rectangular oak box 
mounted with brass. Set consists of seventy-two spoons, one 
hundred and eight forks, eighty-nine knives, carving set of 
three pieces, game carving set of three pieces, fish slice, 
sugar sifter, gravy ladle, and soup ladle. 


TABLE CHINA AND GLASSWARE 


145—Set oF TWELVE SILVER AND GLass WINE GLASSES 
Straight sided bowls, pierced and repoussés with scrolls, 
medallions and figures of Putti, hexagonal stems, and circu- 
lar feet repoussés with scrolls and scrolled diapers. Fitted 
with engraved glass liners, one glass liner missing. 


Height, 4 inches 


146—SILVER SET OF SIXTEEN PIECES 


Six large tumblers, six small tumblers, three bottle holders 
and ice bowl. Cylindrical shape with rims pierced in an 
arcaded pattern, molded bases. Ice bowl with looped handle 
and ball feet. Engraved with monograms and fitted with 
glasses. Two glasses missing. 


Heights, 6, 54%, 514, 444, 3°4, and 2 inches 


147—SeET OF SEVENTEEN Cut Giass RoEMERS 
Tapering bowls of green glass, cut tapering hexagonal stems 
and circular feet of white glass. Edges of bowls and feet 
decorated with gilt bands. Hatcher onaches 


148—Set or Six Cut Guass GoBLeTs 
Coupe shaped bowls, molded stems and circular molded feet. 
Bowls decorated with intaglio-cut and gilded band of flowers 
and leaves and festoons of flowers. Stems and feet with 
bands of gilding. Height, 10 inches 


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149—SetT oF Sktvres PORCELAIN COFFEE Cups, SAUCERS AND 
PLATES 

Cylindrical cups with handles. Invested with a white glaze, 
rims decorated with bands of gilt ivy leaves, on bleu-du-roi 
grounds, centres with gilded monogram of Louis Philippe 
enclosed in wreath, and figures of flying Amorini painted in 
colors. Set consists of eighteen cups and saucers and 
eighteen plates. (Two cups chipped.) 


150—Set oF Lenox PORCELAIN PLATES 


Circular set with flat rims. Invested with a white glaze and 
decorated, in raised gold on a gold ground, with scrolled 
diapers and central circular medallion occupied by scroll- 


ings. Set consists of eighteen plates. 
Diameter, 1014 inches 


151—Set oF FrReENcH PORCELAIN DESSERT PLATES 


Circular shape with flat rims and scalloped edges. Invested 
with white glaze, rims decorated with bleu-du-roi and border 
of scrollings in raised gold. Centres painted in colors and 
gold, with the arms of various Nations. Set consists of 


twelve plates. 
Diameter, 914 inches 


152—SetT oF ENcLIisH PORCELAIN GAME PLATES 
Circular shaped with curved rims and scalloped edge. Rims 
decorated with bleu-du-roi and gilt scrolled and diapered 
borders, centres painted in colors, with groups of game 
birds. Signed: W. Birbeck. Set consists of twelve plates. 


Diameter, 9 inches 


153—EncLIsH PORCELAIN FIsH SERVICE 


Oval platter with scalloped edge. Boat shaped sauce boat 
with looped handle and circular plates with scalloped edges, 
invested with a white glaze and decorated with raised and 
gilded acanthus leaf borders, the centres with paintings of 
fish and sea weeds. Set consists of one platter, sauce boat 
and stand, and twelve plates. 


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154—-PorTION OF MINTON PORCELAIN DINNER SERVICE AND LENOX 
PORCELAIN PLATES 


Oval and circular vegetable dishes and platters, circular and 
crescent shaped plates, cups with handles. Invested with a 
white glaze and decorated with gilded scrolled and festooned 
borders. Set consists of two vegetable dishes, gravy boat, 
three platters, eighteen dinner plates, eighteen soup plates, 
eighteen breakfast plates, eighteen asparagus plates, eighteen 
small plates, eighteen cups and saucers and eighteen berry 
saucers. Twelve small Lenox porcelain plates and two 
saucers circular shape. Invested with a white glaze with 


gilded borders. 


Diameters, 5% and 4% inches 


PEWTER AND BRASSES 


155—PEwTER TANKARD 


Straight cylindrical body, engraved with coat of arms with 
lion supported and with raised scrolled medallions, hinged 
domed lid with reeded ball thumb piece and decorated with 
circular medallion enclosing bust of Gustavus Adolphus of 
Sweden surrounded by a band of engraved scrolling, looped 


handle and three-reeded ball feet. 


Height, 8 inches 


156—Pair oF PEWTER TANKARDS 
Tapering cylindrical bodies repoussés with winged dragons 
and scrollings, and incised with bands of trefoil and 
quatrefoil diaperings, domed covers with acorn finials and 
scrolled thumb pieces, pointed shaped spouts and looped 


handles. 
Height, 111% inches 


157—PEWTER TANKARD 
Tapering cylindrical body, repoussé with coat of arms of a 
winged unicorn surmounted by a royal crown and with 
panels of scrolled acanthus leaves, domed cover with scrolled 
thumb-piece and turned finial and pointed shaped spout. 


Height, 13% inches 


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158—PEwTeR TANKARD 


Tapering cylindrical body, repoussé with a coat of arms sur- 
mounted by a helmet and surrounded by a mantling of 
scrolled leaves, and incised with a diaper of fleurs-de-lys, 
domed lid with scrolled thumb piece and pointed finial, 
pointed and shaped spout and looped handle. 


Height, 13% inches 


159—Patr oF FRENCH PEWTER CANDLESTICKS OF THE I8TH 
CENTURY 


Baluster shaped spirally fluted stems, vase shaped spirally 
fluted sockets, circular scalloped bobéches, and circular 
molded feet. 

Height, 10 inches 


160—Earty AMERICAN PEWTER Or1L LAMP 


Coupe shaped bowl with hinged pinnacle lid, curved spout, 
cylindrical stem and circular molded foot. 
Height, 11 inches 


161—PEWTER EWER 


Helmet shaped body, repoussé with dragon, crown, mask, 
scrolled acanthus leaves, and a band of gadroonings, looped 
scrolled handle, molded stem and circular gadrooned foot. 


Height, 9% inches 


162—Patr OF PEWTER EWERS 


“Tappit Hen” shaped, the bodies repoussés with coats of 
arms, surmounted by helmets and displayed on crossed ban- 
ners, flat hinged lids with double acorn thumb-pieces and 
flat looped handles. 

Height, 10% inches 


163—THREE Swiss PEWTER PLATES OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 


Circular shaped with flat rims and reamed edges. Marks, 
Rose and Figure of Justice. 
Diameter, 8°4 inches 


164—TuHREE Swiss PEWTER Soup PLATES OF THE EIGHTEENTH 
CENTURY 
Circular shaped with curved rims and reamed edges. Marks, 


Rose and Figure of Justice. 
Diameter, 91% inches 


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165—ENGLISH PEWTER PLATE AND FLEMISH BOWL OF THE EIGHT- 
EENTH CENTURY 


Circular shaped plate with flat rim engraved with crowned 
floral spray. Bowl with straight sides, curved rim, molded 
scalloped edge and two swinging looped handles. 


Height, 2% inches; diameter, 14 and 12% inches 


166—THREE EARLY AMERICAN Brass Ort LAMps 


Coupe shaped bowls, pinnacle lids, curved spouts, cyl- 
indrical stems, molded and conical feet. One with kidney 
shaped tray, (One lid missing.) 


Heights, 1042, 10 and 8% inches 
167—-DutcHu Brass SyNacocuE Lamp 


Star shaped body with trays hollowed to serve as oil and 
wick holders, turned stem, swinging hook and domed ceiling 
plate. 

Height, 13 inches 


168—Russ1an JewisH Brass CHANNUKAH LIGHT 


Rectangular wall plate, repoussé with oval medallion, rec- 

tangular tray fitted with eight pointed receptacles for oil and 

wicks. 
Height, 9 inches; width, 10 inches 


169—Russian JEwisH Brass CHANNUKAH LIGHT 


Shaped wall plate; the centre pierced and stamped with a 
circular medallion of vine leaves and interlaced branches. 
Rectangular tray with wick receptacles missing. 


Height, 8% inches; width, 11 inches 


170—Russian JeEwisH Brass CHANNUKAH LAMP 


Shaped wall plate with beaded edge, the centre repoussé 
with six pointed star within a circular medallion, the back- 
ground stamped with scrolls and circles. Rectangular tray 
fitted with eight pointed receptacles of brass for wicks and 
oil. 

Height, 81% inches; length, 11 inches 


171—Russ1an Jewish Brass CHANNUKAH LAmp 


Shaped as a couch with straight back, repoussé with band 
of trefoils, open sides with columnar acanthus leaf enriched 
supports and rectangular base fitted with eight pointed re- 
ceptacles of brass for wicks and oil. 


Height, 5 inches; length, 742 inches 


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MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS IN PORCELAIN 
AND BRONZE 


172—MEIsSsEN PORCELAIN FIGURINE 


Figure of a boy in blue costume, with striped girdle seated 
on a chair, under which is a drum, crying with one hand 
held to his forehead, the other holding an open book. On 
circular base with scrolled sides. Painted and gilt. 
Height, 5% inches 


173—Pair OF VIENNESE BRONZE STATUETTES 


Standing figures of Arabian warriors, in flowing robes. One 
examines a gun held in both hands, the other grasps two 
swords in one hand and holds the other outstretched. Gilded 
and colored. Height, 7 inches 


174—FreENcH Cut GLAss AND CUIVRE DorE FLOWER BOWL AND 
STAND IN THE EMPIRE STYLE 


Cut glass bowl with incurved sides and spreading rim. 
Cuivre doré stand, with rim decorated, in the Empire style, 
with scrollings and supported by three female caryatid 
figures. On circular base with circular raised rosette in 
centre and three paw feet. 

Height, 10% inches; diameter, 8 inches 


175—FRENCH CuIvReE DorE BRACKET CLOCK 


Rectangular case with chamfered floral pendant, decorated 
angles, pointed finials and molded base decorated with 
raised quiver and torch, voluted feet, and square domed 
cover with finial modeled as a vase of flowers. Case paneled 
with cloisonné enamel in a pattern of scrolls. Circular 
enameled dial surrounded by a band of rhinestones. 

Height, 9% inches 


176—F RENCH BRONZE STATUETTE 
Figures of three undraped Amorini leaning forward with 
raised and outstretched arms and holding in their hands a 
heart, an arrow and a torch. On circular rocky base and 
molded pedestal of black veined red marble. Signed: “L. 
GREGOIRE.” Height, 161% inches. 


177—FRENCH BRONZE STATUETTE 


Four oared shell with oarsmen and coxswain, on oval 
molded base with gilded scrolled escutcheon. Signed: 
*““DROUOL.”’ Height, 7% inches; length, 44 inches 


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178—ITaLian BRONZE STATUETTE 


“BaccHts.” Full length undraped figure of a youth, head 
turned to one side, right hand with finger uplifted, a goat’s 
skin thrown over the left shoulder, and strapped sandals. 
On circular molded base. Green patina resembling disin- 
tegration due to burial. Height, 25 inches 


179—FrRencH Bronze Bust 


Bust of a Sea Nymph with head thrust forward, wavy hair, 
with shell head-dress, on a base modeled with waves. 
Signed: “I. CAussE.” Height, 21% inches 


180—Frencu BroNZE STATUETTE 


Undraped figure of a youth carrying upon his right shoulder 
a pear shaped two handled vase decorated in relief with a 
Satyr’s mask. On rocky scrolled base. Signed: “Aucust 
Moreau.” Height, 33% inches 


181—Frencu Bronze Bust oF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 


Bust portrait of a lady of the court of Louis XVI, with 
ringleted hair dressed over a cushion and ornamented with 
flowers and string of pearls. She wears a loose robe, a 
chemise with lace border and a cluster of flowers at her right 
shoulder. On rectangular base. Signed: “Pagsou, 1781.” 

Height, 33% inches 


182—FrencH Cuivre Dore Clock AND CANDELABRA 


Clock shaped as sphere, enameled blue, with finial modeled 
as a seated. Amorino, brandishing a torch, on a rococo 
scrolled and tapering pedestal and scrolled quatre-foil 
shaped base. Candelabra modeled as nude Amorini holding 
curved branches of acanthus leaves ending in two vase 
shaped candle sockets and scrolled circular bobéches, on 
circular incurved bases with voluted and leaf feet. 

Height of clock, 16 inches; of candelabra, 12 inches 


183—FrReNcH MARBLE AND CUIVRE DorE CLOCK AND CANDELABRA 


Rectangular clock case with molded cornice supported by 
Corinthian columns with shafts entwined with leaf garlands 
of cuivre-doré molded base and acanthus leaf feet. Circular 
white enameled dial. Candelabra, formed as columns with 
tapering shafts entwined with leaf garlands, supporting four 
carved branches with vase shaped candlesockets, centres 
ending in similar candlesockets, on molded rectangular base 
with acanthus leaf feet. 

Height of clock, 16% inches; of candelabra, 19% inches 


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184—-FrencH Cuivre Dore ANp BRonzE CLOCK AND CANDELABRA 
OF THE EMPIRE PERIOD 


Circular dial surrounded by scrolled border and with drap- 
ery festoons of cuivre doré, straight molded cornice support- 
ed by two winged sphinxes of bronze holding lotus-leaf capi- 
tals, and standing on enriched spheres of cuivre doré, 
rectangular pedestal with molded cornice, applied ornament 
of portrait medallion and scrolled leaves, molded base and 
sphinx feet. Dial inscribed: “ARrmincEaup, A Paris.” 
Candelabra of bronze figures, corresponding with those of 
clock, supporting five curved side branches and central 
branch, decorated with voluted acanthus leaves and ending 
in vase-shaped candle sockets, on cylindrical pedestals and 
stepped bases. 


Height of clock, 30 inches; of candelabra, 35 inches 
(Illustrated) 


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qHL dO VUEVIAGNVD GNV MOOT AZNOUM GNV AYOd AYAINO HINAYA—V8T “ON 


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185—VIENNA PORCELAIN TWO-HANDLED VASE AND STAND 


Pear shaped body with incurved neck and stem, octagonal 
foot, domed cover modeled with painted and gilt figures of 
Minerva and Warrior as finial, gilt looped handles with 
double volutes, scrolled floral sprays and masks, cover 
banded with light green and dark red, and decorated 
with floral scrolls and festoons of flowers in raised gold. 
Body decorated with panel of white reserve painted with a 
Classic Figure Subject and with bands of light green, red 
and rose color decorated with acanthus leaves, scrolls and 
Greek key pattern in raised gold. Octagonal stand with 
molded foot with bands of red and rose color decorated with 
floral scrolls and key pattern in raised gold. 


Height, 45 inches 
(Illustrated ) 


186—FRENCH CUIVRE DoRE AND SEVRES PORCELAIN TABLE 


Circular top of scrolled cuivre doré and with pierced edge, 
inset with large circular medallion of porcelain painted with 
full length portrait of Louis XV—surrounded by oval 
portrait medallions of Court Ladies. On turned standard of 
ebonized wood of vase and baluster form, mounted in 
cuivre doré, with acanthus leaves, three voluted console 
brackets and floral festoons. On trefoil shaped stand of 
ebonized wood. 

Height, 31% inches; diameter, 31% inches 


185—VIENNA PORCELAIN TWO-HANDLED VASE AND STAND 


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187—Onyx AND CUIVRE-DORE PEDESTAL 


Columnar shape of green onyx with tapering cylindrical 
shaft, composite capital of cuivre-doré, rectangular revolv- 
ing abacus molded base, and rectangular stepped plinth with 
band of modeled cuivre-doré. 


Height, 43% inches 
188—MARBLE AND CUIVRE-DORE PEDESTAL 


Columnar shape of yellow veined marble with tapering and 
rectangular shaft, honeysuckle and scrolled capital of 
cuivre-doré and circular revolving abacus. Shaft decorated 
with applied torch of cuivre-doré flanked by scrolls, rec- 
tangular foot with moldings of cuivre-doré modeled with 


acanthus leaves. 
Height, 46°%4 inches 


189—ALABASTER ExeEctric Light CEILING GLOBE 


Coupe shaped of white alabaster with fluted sides and 
reamed rim modeled with band of egg and dart ornament. 
Pierced for suspension. 


Height, 7% inches; diameter, 17% inches 


FURNITURE 


190—MaAHOGANY CHINA CLOSET 


Rectangular shape with molded cornice and straight square 
legs, fitted with sliding front of plate glass, glazed sides 
and glass shelves. 


Height, 60 inches; width, 37% inches; depth, 15%4 inches 


191—MaAHoGANY CHINA CABINET 


Rectangular shape with molded cornice and straight square 
legs, fitted with sliding front of plate glass, glazed sides 
and glass shelves. 


Height, 60 inches; width, 49% inches; depth, 15%4 inches 


192—-MAHOGANY CHINA CABINET 


Rectangular shape, glazed top and sides. Front fitted with 
hinged glazed door; on straight square legs. 


Height, 26 inches; width, 23 inches; depth, 11 inches 


193—Pair OF MAaHocGaAny CASES 
Rectangular shape. Glazed fronts, backs, sides and tops. 
Height, 24 inches; width, 19% inches; depth, 19% inches 


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194—PatrR oF Manocany Cases 
Rectangular shape-—glazed fronts, sides backs and tops. 


Height, 22 inches; width, 16 inches; depth, 16 inches 


195—Pair oF MAHOGANY PEDESTALS 


Rectangular shape, having molded tops with pierced friezes 
and scrolled aprons, straight square molded legs with key 
pattern brackets and straight square rails. All in the 
Chinese manner. 


Height, 411% inches; length, 17% inches; width, 17% inches 


196—STEINWAY GRAND PIANO IN SATINWOOD 


Shaped and molded case of satinwood on turned, tapering 
incurved and fluted legs carved with lotus leaves, voluted 
console brackets carved with trefoil leaves, lyre shaped 
pedal supporter. Ebony and ivory keys, and hinged key- 
board lid. Curule shaped carved satinwood stool to match 
with upholstered top covered with silk brocade woven, on a 
white ground, with vari-colored floral sprays. 


197—AUBUSSON CARPET 


Field patterned, on a light green ground, with a large central 
oval band, semé with vari-colored floral sprays, the angles 
filled with scrolled acanthus leaves and branches of leaves 
and flowers. Surrounded by a band of acanthus leaf scroll- 
ing and picture frame molding of acanthus leaf design. 


Length, 18 feet 4 inches; width, 9 feet 10 inches 


SECOND AND LAST AFTERNOON’S 
SALE 


WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1920 


AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES 


BEGINNING AT 2.30 O'CLOCK 


CARVINGS IN JADE AND OTHER CRYSTAL 


198—ScHo.LaRr’s SET OF THREE JADES ON CaRvVED Woop STAND 
Principal object an oval dish in white jade of ancient carv- 
ing, stained in places a russet-red, deep brown and black 
from entombment; at either side a handle formed of an 
archaic dragon carved in the round, crawling along a ledge. 
Flanked by two miniature pigment cups of white jade, with 
fei-ts’ui jade rings inset in their wooden covers. 


Length of dish, 3°4 inches; of stand, 74% inches 


199—AmBER CARVING 


Miniature figure of Hotei, god of wealth and happiness, 
seated, in mirthful enjoyment. Semi-opaque yellow amber, 
brightly polished. 


200—CarNELIAN AGATE PENDANT 
Openwork carving of two double-gourds on their vine stems, 
with a bat, emblem of happiness. 


201—Set or AmpBer Miniature DomINoEs 
Thirty-six pieces, in a box; with notes of numerical equiv- 
alents for some special game, apparently. Brightly polished 
translucent yellow amber. 


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202—F EI-Ts’ut JADE VASE AND COVER 


Flattened, with elephant-head loop and loose-ring handles; 
dome cover with knob finial. Archaic monster-head band 
in delicate relief, and incised lei-wen borders. Rich color- 


ing and brilliant polish. 
Height, 3% inches 


203—F EI-tTs’u1 JADE Birp STATUETTE 


Crested parrot perched upon a rock; plumage in relief and 


incised. Brilliant polish. 
Height, 4% inches 


204—WHiITE JADE VASE AND COVER 
Flattened and elongated, with scrolled-loop and loose-ring 
handles; dome cover with crouching Fu finial. On either 


face two pheenixes beak to beak, their scrolled tail feathers 
presenting them as in a cartouche. 
Height, 5 inches 
205—Rock CrystaL INCENSE BURNER AND COVER 
Quatrefoil, with floral handles suspending loose rings, and 
all the lobes of body and cover finely carved with floral 
ornamentation in low relief. Cover finial a lotus flower 
with seed pod. 
Height, 3 inches 
206—Rock CrysTaL PAPERWEICGHT 
In form of a squatting mandarin duck holding in its bill a 
lotus stem, with bud, leaf and seed pod on its back in relief 
and undercutting. 
Length, 4 inches 
207—Jape Birp STATUETTE 
A bird with strong wings and heavy tail, squatting; white 
jade with smoky shadings in tail and legs, and dull polish. 


Length, 5 inches 


208—JADE SCULPTURE 


Figure of an immortal riding upon a fish-dragon within a 
lotus leaf, carved in transiucent white jade with a softly 
brilliant polish. 

Height, 3% inches 


209—F Er-Ts’ur JADE FLoweR VASE 


Quadrilateral, with bulbous body and flat foot and lip, and 
two angular handles. Unornamented. Brilliant polish. 


Height, 6 inches 


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210—WuitE JADE ORNAMENT 
Standing figure, flattened, of Kuan-yin holding a branch of 
the sacred fungus and a wand; at her side a stork holding 
another branch of the fungus. Bright polish. 
Height, 714 inches 
211—WauiteE JapE FLower VasE 
Globular bottle-form, flattened, with pierced scroll handles; 
on oval foot. Two medallions of animalistic decoration in 
low relief on an incised lei-wen ground, after the designs of 
ancient bronzes: relief and incised borders. Jade of cool- 


ing mutton fat aspect, with soft polish. 
Height, 5% inches 


212—-WHiTE JADE VASE wiTH TRAY Ch’ien-lung 
Oval tray with an incised fret border on its flange, and at 
its centre an embossed inverted lotus flower with a beaded 
rim, within which sets a detachable beaker. The beaker 
carved in relief with a scroll band, and a border of small 
bosses. Incised Ch’ien-lung mark beneath tray. 


Diameter of beaker, 5 inches; length of tray, 7 inches 


213—Rock CrysTaAL DOUBLE-VASE WITH COVERS 


An oviform vase, and beside it a smaller flask-shape vase 
resting upon the back of a pheenix, carved of a single block 
of crystal, the larger vase having three loop and loose-ring 
handles, and on its side a dragon carved in relief and under- 
cut. The bird holds a peony branch which connects the two 
vases. Dome covers. 

Height, 6 inches 


214—Buack JADE CARVING 
Statue of Shou-lao seated upon and overtowering rocky 
mountains, and holding in both hands an emblematic peach 
of immortality. Softly brilliant polish; the quality of the 
black rich. 
Height, 5% inches 
215—Pair JapE VAsEs witH COovERS 
Conical body tapering lightly to a spreading foot; abrupt 
shoulder, and on the incurvate neck three fungus-branch and 
loose-ring handles; bell cover with knob finial and three 
loose-ring handles. Lotus blossom and archaic ogre-head 
decoration finely carved in light relief; plaintain-leaf and 
fret borders. Jade greenish-white; soft polish. 


Height, 5% inches 


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216—AcATE VASE WITH CovER AND STAND 
Bulbous flask shape in white flaky crystal and carnelian 
agate, with phoenix and peony in relief and undercutting in 
the carnelian layer. Dome cover surmounted by a phenix, 
and four-legged oval stand, in same substance. 
Height, 6°4 inches 
217—GreEN JADE DouBLE-vVASE 
Elongated vase in hollowed pine-trunk form, encircled by 
branches and needles in relief and undercut, and about it 
symbolic bats. Over an extension of the root a growth of 
the sacred fungus, forming a smaller vase. 
Height, 6% inches 
218—Pair Jape TEA Bows anp Covers 
Inverted bell-shape with conventional covers. Thin, trans- 
lucent, mottled grayish jade, with luminous polish. 
Diameter, 4°4 inches 


219—WuiteEe JADE Brush HoLpErR 
Perfect cylinder of translucent white jade with softly bril- 
liant polish, finely carved in delicate relief with the figures 
of a lady and boys in a spacious and imposing garden. 
Height, 55% inches 


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220—-TuRQUOISE VASE WITH COVER 


Flask-shape, enclosed within pine trees, plantains and flow- 
ers, executed in relief and undercutting, and among them 
appearing two young women, one standing, one seated; the 
whole carved in a block of natural turquoise. 

Height, 4 inches 
221—GRay-WHITE JADE VASE 


Diamond beaker shaped, each angle presenting a scrolled 
ridge on all three sections, and all sections carrying deli- 
cately carved ornamentation in the designs of ancient bronze 
vases. Unctuous polish. Height, 7% inches 


222—Unigue WHITE JADE VASE WITH CHAINED COVER 


The whole carved of a single piece of fine translucent white 
jade and brilliantly polished. The vase is formed of the 
united bodies of two pheenixes, their wings carved in relief, 
standing erect, each with one foot on the ground and the 
other leg flexed and the foot grasping a tangle of the sacred 
fungus, which is executed in openwork beneath them. From 
the breast of each a loose ring swings from a fungus branch, 
and each bird holds in its beak another similar branch; from 
one of these latter a flexible chain of ten double-links leads 
to a fungus cover of openwork. Height, 8% inches 


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223—WHITE JADE VASE WITH COVER 


Large flattened flask shape, embraced within the undercut 
branches of blossoming plum trees which spring up at either 
side; pierced scroll handles. Dome cover with mounded 


finial of undercut plum blossoms. 
Height, 9% inches 


224——Rock CrysTaL VASE AND COVER 


Flattened flask shape with spreading foot; two lion-head and 
loose-ring handles. Ogre-head band in low and sharp relief 


across both broad faces. Dome cover with undercut lion 
finial. 
Height, 8 inches 


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225—LARGE GREEN JADE VASE WITH COVER 


Oviform with spreading foot, incurvate neck and broad 
mouth; on the neck four monster-head and loose-ring han- 
dles. Body carved with archaic scrolls and ogre features, 
after ancient bronze motives, in relief, within eight panels 
formed by broad segmental ridges in higher relief. Dome 
cover with similar ornamentation and four loose-ring han- 
dles, with knob finial in form of a dragon, undercut. Dense, 
heavy, opaque, dark green jade of unctuous surface. 


Height, 11% inches 
MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS 


226—Ivory STATUETTE 
Figure of a nude woman, holding with one hand a draped 
mantle and seated upon a leopard. On rectangular molded 


base. 
Height, 434 inches 


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227—JAPANESE CarVED BoNnE STATUETTE 
Standing figure of a man, a legendary character, playing 
with a frog, which he holds on his shoulder, smiling as he 


sports with it. Signed. 
Height, 5%4 inches 


228—ANIMAL STATUARY ORNAMENT 


Japanese ivory carving of a bear and cub, on an oval base 
in representation of conglomerate rockery. 


Length of bear, 4 inches; of base, 7 inches 


229—JAPANESE CARVED Ivory STATUETTE 


Standing figure of a strolling musician in a bamboo hat, 
playing a stringed instrument and carrying a reed instru- 
ment within the belt at the back. Signed. 

Height, 8%4 inches 


(Illustrated ) 


230—Carvep Ivory Group 


The captive eagle. Figure of a hunter, standing upon rock- 
ery, holding with both hands an eagle whose claws are 
looped with a rope. 

Height, 10 inches 


(Illustrated ) 


231—JAPANESE CARVED Ivory Ficure Group 


Standing figure of a young Japanese woman holding her 
paper umbrella in her hand and carrying her infant son on 
her back. She appears kindly disposed toward her lot, and 
her son drowsily content. Her skirt is adorned with incised 
pine branches. Signed. 

Height, 98 inches 


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232—JAPANESE CARVED Ivory STATUETTE 


Standing figure of a young Japanese woman, somewhat in- 
clined forward, wringing out a cloth. She turns her head 
and looks genially toward her left. Signed. 


Height, 10°4 inches 
(Illustrated ) 


233—JAPANESE Ivory CARVING 


Elaborately sculptured figure of a Japanese girl, barefoot 
but in richly ornamental apparel, with a great hoe over her 
shoulder, from the handle of which at her back is suspended 
a basket of fruit and vegetables. At her feet a rooster and 
an inquisitive snail. Signed. 

Height, 11% inches 


(Illustrated) 


234—-JAPANESE Ivory CARVING 


Figure of a hardy fisherman, walking, carrying his rain hat 
at his knee, in the other hand holding a landing net, and 
on his back carrying a huge bamboo basket-trap which is 
lashed to his shoulders and chest. His coat is incised with 
figures of floral embroidery. Signature within a cartouche 
underneath base. (Net handle repaired where it is knotted 


to frame. ) 
Height, 10 inches 


(Illustrated ) 


235—CarveD AND INLAID STATUETTE 
Figure of a young Japanese woman on a promenade, carry- 
ing her fan. In carved bone and wood, with mother-of-pearl 
inlay. 
Height, 714 inches 


236—FicuRE Group 1N Woop AnD Bone 
A Japanese fisherman and his son, the father carrying a 
loaded basket and the son carrying a turtle. Figures in 
wood, with heads, hands and feet in representation of ivory. 
On carved wood base. 


Height, 74% inches; length of base, 7° inches 


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MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS 


237—Ruinoceros Horn Cup 
Cavo-rilievo carvings of waves of the sea wearing away a 
rocky shore and beating caverns into it. Inscription with 
seal. Length, 4 inches 


238—Ruinoceros Horn Cup 
Exterior and interior carved with pine trees, a pine trunk 
forming the handle, and the exterior showing also trees of 
other variety. Height, 5%4 inches 


239—Pair CanToN ENAMEL TEA Bow ts witH Covers 
Ch’ien-lung 
Decorated with landscapes and sea views, pavilions and 
figures, in polychrome on a white ground. (Somewhat 
damaged. ) Diameter, 434 inches 


239s—Pair CLOISONNE ENAMEL SNUFF JARS Lighteenth Century 
Pear-shape with animal-head handles. Highly conventional 
scroll in the Indian lotus motive, in polychrome on tur- 
quoise ground. 


240—JAPANESE SILVER PLATED BRONZE STATUETTE 
Standing figure of Buddha holding a branch of lotus blos- 
som in both hands. He wears a scrolled head-dress, a 
mantle and an embroidered robe. On circular base modeled 
as a lotus blossom. Signed. Height, 10 inches 


SINGLE COLOR PORCELAINS 


241—TURQUOISE-BLUE VASE Chien-lung 
Bulbous pilgrim-bottle form on a deep foot, with full neck 

and molded lip, and two ju-i loop handles. Mirror glaze of 

rich turquoise blue, variously mottled, with fish-roe crackle. 
Height, 3% inches 


242—SMALL CELADON VASE 
Pear-shape with spreading foot and lip. Around the body 
a band of archaic dragon-scroll in cavo-rilievo, between 
conventional borders of lotus derivation; above, incised 
leaf-and-tongue and hatch borders. Brilliant brownish- 
green celadon glaze. Height, 4 inches 


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243—BLANC-DE-CHINE INCENSE BURNER 


Shallow cauldron shape with solid scroll handles and three 
short outward-turning feet. Brilliant glaze of soft white, 
uniform in quality. | 

Diameter, 4 inches 


244—-WuitE BEAKER VASE Chien-lung 


Slender, with narrow, retired foot, and broadly flaring 
mouth, and a narrow mid-band in relief. Monochrome glaze 
of soft, moist white, with a variable surface broadly of the 
peau-d orange nature. 

Height, 54% inches 


245—FucHIEN LIBATION CuP 


Inverted helmet-shape, lying within arms of plum and mag- 
nolia trees, which form an openwork base, while blossom- 
ing branches in low relief embrace the sides. Monochrome 
glaze of rich cream-white. 

Diameter, 4°4 inches 


246—FucHIEN RETICULATED PI-T’UNG 


With solid bands at base and lip, the intermediate body is 
composed of a broad foliar scroll formed by excisions in 
the paste. Soft creamy-white luminous glaze. 


Height, 4% inches 


247—CLAIR-DE-LUNE BOTTLE Cl’ien-lung 


Squat body raised on three conical feet, with slender tubular 
neck and bulbous lip. Brilliant monochrome glaze of soft 
clair-de-lune. Seal mark of Ch’ien-lung in underglaze blue 
beneath bottom. 

Height, 5°4 inches 


248—RoBIN’S-EGG SOUFFLE VASE Chien-lung 
With expanded foot and short neck, broad mouth and flanged 

lip. Dense robin’s-egg soufflé glaze, of unctuous lustre. 
Height, 6°4 inches 


249—Pair FucHien Bow ts | Ming 


Ovoidal, molded in large petal lobes, the rim lightly flaring 
and given an oval contour. In relief on the exterior, butter- 
flies and blossoming peonies, the latter springing from four 
bulbous feet which rest on a polyfoil base. Luminous 
creamy glaze which on one shows crackle in self-color and 
café-au-lait. (Both slightly damaged at rim and base.) 


Diameter, 6% inches 


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256—FucHIEN STATUARY GROUP 


The goddess of mercy enthroned, with cowl overhanging her 
high headdress, right hand held above her right knee and 
left hand concealed, right bare foot crossed over left knee 
and the other foot protruding from beneath her robe. On 
one arm of the throne a bundle of books and beneath the 
throne a dragon. At her foot a worshipful boy and a female 
attendant standing. Brilliant glaze of rich creamy white. 


Height, 9 inches 
(Illustrated) 


257—FUCHIEN STATUETTE K’ang-hsi 


Kuan-yin seated on a mat, with right knee raised and both 
hands resting on it, one above the other, the left (upper) 
hand holding a scroll. She wears a tiara, and her hair, un- 
screened by cowl, is held by a jeweled pin. Brilliant glaze 
of soft and rich cream-white. 

Height, 9% inches 


(Illustrated) 


258—F UCHIEN STATUETTE Ming 


Kuan-yin the divine hearer of prayers is seated high on a 
rock throne, hands held open and approaching one another 
above her knee. At her left rests a bundle of books. The 
cowl rests upon but reveals her headdress. She looks be- 
nignly downward. Brilliant white glaze of rich creamy 
quality. 

Height, 12 inches 


(Illustrated ) 


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259—CELADON VASE Yung Chéng 
Full-bodied pear-shape with low spreading foot, large neck 
and wide mouth. Modeled in relief beneath the glaze a 
three-clawed dragon among clouds, pursuing the symbolic 
jewel of power, which is applied in rose and green enamel 
outside the glaze. The glaze a fine grayish-green celadon of 
delicate note and soft lustre, showing a coarse sporadic 
crackle. Impressed seal mark of Yung Chéng under foot. 


Height, 7%4 inches 


260—BLANC-DE-CHINE Dracon BoTTLe Ch’ien-lung 


Wide-spreading globular body on a bold foot, the broad 
shouder tapering into a tubular neck ending in a lightly 
molded lip. Two handles in the form of sinuous archaic 
dragons moleled in the round. Luminous and fine mono- 


chrome glaze of soft cream-white. 
Height, 7% inches 


261—-CHtn-yAo Bown Sung 


Ovoidal with heavy unglazed foot. Luminous glaze of vari- 
able robin’s-egg note, with orange-skin pittings, over a 
yellow glaze and crackled in different tones. On one side 
of interior a dripping splash of purple, blue and green. 
(Restoration at two opposite points of rim.) 


Diameter, 7°4 inches 


262—IMPERIAL YELLOW GALLIPOT Chien-lung 


Finely executed incised decoration occupying the entire sur- 
face. Around the base, rolling waves of the sea and above 
these, five imperial five-clawed dragons after jewels of power 
among conventional clouds. Monochrome glaze of imperial 
yellow, softly lustrous. Incised mark: Ta Ch’ing Ch’ien-lung 


nien chih. 
Height, 9% inches 


263—FLAMBE JAR Ch’ien-lung 
Ovoid with short neck and round lip. Brilliant mirror- 
glaze of the transmutation furnace, presenting a rich dis- 
play of purplish-blue and gray and white dripping cataracts 
over a purplish-red and sang-de-beuf foundation. 


Height, 91% inches 


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264—Lanc-yao Bow. K’ang-hsi 


Broadly flaring in slightly ovoidal contour from a bold foot. 
Fine hard paste sonorous porcelain, coated on both sur- 
faces with a rich sang-de-bauf glaze, which, leaving a 
colorless rim, deepens in its tones with the coagulating 
blood as it approaches the bottom. It is of peau-d’orange 


surface and brilliant but soft lustre. 
Diameter, 9 inches 


265—-PoWDER-BLUE RosE JAR K’ang-hsi 
Oviform, with short, conical (unglazed) neck; carved teak- 
wood cap. Brilliant powder-blue glaze of rich quality, 
which retains impressions of a floral decoration and signed 
poem which the vase sometime carried in gold. 


Height, 7°& inches 


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266—PEACOCK-BLUE BOTTLE-SHAPED VASE Ch’ien-lung 


Spherical with sloping shoulder, wide neck and flaring sau- 
cer-shaped lip, on a broad and deep foot molded at the 
base; two monster-head loop handles. Brilliant mottled 
glaze with fish-roe crackle in the variety of the turquoise 


glaze known as peacock-blue. 
Height, 13% inches 


267—DovuBLE-GOURD VASE Chien-lung 


Unusual in that the lip, after a well defined edge, is very 
slightly raised and then flattened so that the normal mouth 
is closed by a relief disc which is pierced by a small aper- 
ture at the centre. Turquoise glaze, truité, throughout, with 
the curious differentiation that the upper section is a pro- 
nounced turquoise-green and the lower an equally normal 
turquoise-blue. (Minute fissure between the glazes at the 


point of juncture. ) 
Height, 1234 inches 


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268—TURQUOISE-BLUE VASE Chien-lung 


Ovoidal body with molded foot, and wide neck flaring to a 
bulbous and short lip. Luminous turquoise-blue glaze with 


fish-roe crackle. 
Height, 13% inches 


269—Pair CELADON BEAKER VASES | Ming 


Heavy porcellanous stoneware coated with a brilliant glaze 
of pale sea-green, which in the one shows a slightly deeper 
note than in the other with a trend toward bluish, and in 
that one displays a giant crackle in café-au-lait. The decor- 
ation in both, essentially similar, consists of primitive floral 
motives boldly incised in the paste, with incidental borders. 


Height, 12 inches 


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270—Lanc-yAo VASE K’ang-hsi 


Oviform with flaring foot, high and narrow shoulder, and 
short wide neck. Brilliant sang-de-beuf glaze with orange- 
skin surface and characteristic crackle, in the richest hues 
of the liquid blood and the brownish phases of the 


hardening. 
Height, 16% inches 


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271—Lanc-yao VASE K’ang-hsi 
Large inverted pear-shape with sloping shoulder and short 
wide neck, and lightly flaring foot. Luminous glaze with 
finely pitted orange-skin surface and scarcely visible crackle, 
in the varied hues of the sang-de-beuf family, including 
fluent red, darkening spots of coagulation, and peach-gray 


areas. 
Height, 16% inches 


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272—-GRAND BOTTLE-SHAPED VASE 


Globular with a deep and heavy foot, and tall incurvate neck, 
with simple moldings at the shoulder and the root of the 
neck. Invested with a clair-de-lune glaze brilliant and uni- 
form in quality, in a delicate lavender tone. Seal mark in 
underglaze blue beneath the foot. Height. 1934 ince 


273—Larce WHITE VASE K’ang-hsi 


Globular body on a broad bell-shaped foot, with short and 
relatively slender neck and broad trumpet lip; moldings 
about neck, shoulder and underbody. Around the body a 
deep band of rich chrysanthemum scroll, finely incised. 
Luminous glaze of soft cream-white. (Slight repair at lip.) 


Height, 15% inches 


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274—CELADON BEAKER-FORM VASE K’ang-hsi 


Both upper and lower sections—the entire body save a nar- 
row molded band at the base of the neck—given to a dense 
and luxuriant, finely designed peony scroll, incised and mod- 
eled in the paste beneath a brilliant celadon glaze of pure 
and even, delicate grayish sea-green. Heghene inches 


275—CELADON VASE Chien-lung 


Oviform with lightly flaring foot, high shoulder, and short 
wide neck with expanding lip. On the body an all-over 
decoration of rich lotus scroll with arabesque effects and on 
the neck detached plantain leaves, modeled in light relief, 
and on the shoulder a hatched border. Brilliant celadon 
glaze of delicate grayish sea-green of fine tone. Four- 
character mark of Chéng Hua (apocryphal). 


Height, 10% inches 


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276—REMARKABLY FINE Pair oF FU-LIONS Ming 


These guardians of the threshold have escaped damage and 
present a brilliant appearance and engaging coloring. 
Seated on their haunches, they are finely modeled, with 
relief and incised details, and clothed in a rich and very 
brilliant mottled glaze of turquoise-blue, with a boldly 
marked fish-roe crackle. (Slight spot on shoulder of one 


seems due to a kiln defect.) 
Height, 13 inches 


277—CELADON BEAKER-FORM VASE Ming 


Dense stone-weight porcelain. Body modeled in inverted 
pear-shape, with large trumpet neck. Both neck and body 
given to a brocaded decoration of primitive and indefinite 
forms within a latticed ground, that on the body interrupted 
by two medallions in floral motive, all incised in the paste. 
Brilliant glaze of celadon green with giant crackle. (Slight 


defect in glaze at lip.) 
Height, 1858 inches 


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278—OLpD JAPANESE PoTTERY JAR 
Ovoidal, with sharp shoulder broadly sloping to a short 
neck supporting an everted lip, from which two loop han- 
dles return to the shoulder. Brilliant splash glaze of Taka- 
tori notes, with neutral tones of brown and green predomi- 


nating, and heavy drippings. 
Height, 12% inches 


BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAINS 


279—THREE BLUE AND WHITE MINIATURE BoTTLeES ~~ K’ang-hsi 


Globular, gourd-shaped and square, with figure and floral 
decoration, 


280—Pair BLUE AND WHITE SEMI-EGGSHELL Cups; ONE SAUCER 

K’ang-hsi 

Cups bell-shape. Clear, musical, translucent, delicate white 

porcelain, with a luminous glaze of soft white, finely pen- 

ciled in two tones of sapphire-blue with birds and flowers, 
landscapes and pavilions. (Slightest of nicks at rims.) 


Diameter of saucer, 438 inches. 


281—BLvuE AND WHITE CyLiInpRIcAL Rouce Box  Ch’ien-lung 
On the box mountain and stream landscapes, on the cover a 
garden pavilion with two figures, in deep sapphire-blue and 
delicate wash. 


282—SMALL BLUE AND WHITE GINGER JAR Chien-lung 


Ovoid, with a decoration of butterflies and a clump of grow- 


ing garden flowers in dark blue. 
Height, 3°4 inches 


283—BLUE AND WHITE Ovoip JAR 
Mountain and stream decoration in two shades of brilliant 
blue, with a mounted traveler crossing a bridge followed by 
a man on foot, and a fisherman talking to a man in a 


pavilion. Mark, a blue leaf. 
Height, 4°4 inches 


284—BLUuE AND WHITE GINGER JAR K’ang-hsi 
Penciled with household ornaments and emblems from the 
Eight Precious Things, in transparent sapphire-blue. 


Height, 4°4 inches 


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285—Pair BLUE AND WHITE Ovoip Jars Yung Chéng 


With short neck and spreading lip. Each decorated with two 
Fu-lions glaring up at hawks, the lions on one jar having 
the right forefoot raised and those on the other jar the left 
forefoot raised. In mottled sapphire-blue on a cream and 


crackled ground. 
Height, 5% inches 


286—BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE-GOURD VASE K’ang-hsi 


Painted with a bold and rich lotus scroll in transparent 
sapphire-blue on a ground of fine and brilliant white. 


Height, 6%4 inches 


287—Pair BLUE AND WHITE RosE JARS WITH ORIGINAL COVERS 
K’ang-hsi 

Ovoid, the covers cap-shaped. Under a broad shoulder bor- 

der of alternating large and small ju-i forms, in blue with 
scrolls in white reserve, a decoration of rock peonies, chrys- 
anthemums and other floral forms, painted within four 


panels in two tones of sapphire-blue. 
Height, 7 inches 


288—BLuE AND WHITE OVvo-CYLINDRICAL JAR K’ang-hsi 


Rich and vigorous decoration in sapphire-blue of graduated 
tones, picturing a kylin on a rock in the midst of the sea 
_ disputing with a bird-dragon the possession of the whirling 


jewel of omnipotence. 
Height, 6% inches 


289—BLuE AND WHITE BEAKER K’ang-hsi 
Brilliant sapphire-blue decoration of conventional leaves of 
the ornamental banana, with ju-i scrolls in white reserve, 
springing from and pendent from a midband showing con- 
ventional floral medallions. Mark, a leaf within a double- 

ring. 
Height, 7%% inches 


290—BLuE AND WHITE OvirorM VASE WITH TRUNCATE NECK 
Yung Chéng 
Light and delicate porcelain clothed in a cream-white glaze 
with broad diagonal crackle in café-au-lait, and painted in 
rich underglaze blue with an ox scratching its neck against 
the trunk of a gnarled pine tree. (Kiln crack at neck.) 


Height, 8% inches 


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291—RareE BLuE AND WHITE FLarinc Bow. Yung Chéng 


The exterior from foot to lip showing a relief decoration of 
rich and involved lotus scroll under a grayish creamy glaze, 
the interior given to an imperial dragon among conventional 
cloud scrolls all done in pale cobalt blue. Both surfaces 
with café-au-lait crackle. (Repair at one point in rim.) 


Diameter, 9% inches 


292—BLUE AND WHITE HooKAH VASE 


A globular bottle with full neck and flanged lip, with an 
inverted cup-shaped bulb set at an angle on the shoulder and 
finished by a stunted spout. Decorated with Fu-lions and 
filleted spheres, and floral sprays. There is a Persian sug- 
gestion in the decoration, although the principal motives are 
Chinese; the execution seems strange for a Chinese hand. 
Attributed to the Ming dynasty. 

Height, 7 inches 


293—-BLUE AND WHITE GINGER JAR K’ang-hsi 


Floral decoration in sapphire-blue in four panels, between 
a lightly touched floral base border and a broad shoulder 
border of ju-t pattern with reserved scrolls. Mark, a blue 
double-ring. (Slight repair at lip.) 

Height, 6°% inches 


294—BLUE AND WHITE INVERTED PEAR-SHAPE VASE 
Yung Chéng 
High shoulder and short contracting neck. Conventional 
floral scroll in grayish-blue on a cream-white ground with 
café-au-lait crackle; vermiculate-scroll and petal-tip borders. 
Mark of Ch’éng Hua (apocryphal.) 
Height, 9 inches 


295—BLuE AND WHITE BEAKER VASE Ch’ien-lung 
All three sections given to a conventional chrysanthemum 


scroll in dark blue. Mark, a blue double-ring. 
Height, 91% inches 


296—BLuUE AND WHITE DousBLeE-courD BoTTLE Ming 


The globular section lightly melon-lobed, and given to a 
composite floral and emblematic decoration within panels 
outlined by a running ribbon-scroll. The decoration is re- 


peated on the upper section. 
Height, 12°4 inches 


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297—B Luge AND WHITE GINGER JAR K’ang-hsi 


Luminous glaze of fine soft white, with a decoration bril- 
liantly painted in cobalt blue which deepens to sapphire 
accents, presenting a bold lotus scroll, the conventional 
blossoms embracing seed-pods; above, a conventional bor- 
der. Mark, a blue artemisia leaf within a double-ring. 


Height, 8% inches 


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298—-BLUE AND WHITE GINGER JAR K’ang-hsi 


Finely executed decoration of a rich, elaborate and luxuriant 
peony scroll, the blossoms large; within it two of the feng- 
huang, the (phcenix) emblem of the Empress; all in cobalt 
blue showing sapphire quality, on a luminous soft white 
ground. Mark, a blue double ring. 

Height, 8% inches 


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299—BivueE aNp Wuite GinceR Jar witH Its Own ORIGINAL 
COVER K’ang-hsi 


Brilliant blue ground of “cracking ice” supporting groups 
of plum blossoms in white reserve, interrupted by three 
large reserved quatrefoil medallions, two of them decorated 
with motives from the Hundred Antiques and the third with 
a kylin. Crenellated shoulder border. Cover decoration in 
conformity, with ju-i border added. The commonly called 
“hawthorn ginger jar,” though the “hawthorn” are really the 
wild plum blossoms of China and the jars were designed for 
making presents of fine tea at the opening of the New Year. 
Mark, a blue double-ring. 

Height, 9 inches 


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300—BiuE AND Wuite Gincer Jar wits Its Own OriciNnAL 
COVER K’ang-hst 
Fine, heavy, resonant while porcelain. Rich blue glaze with 
the markings of disintegrating ice, and supporting white 
reserves of blossoms of the wild prunus (the so-called “haw- 
thorn pattern”). This is interrupted by three reserved poly- 
foliate medallions painted with household ornaments and 
emblems—from the Hundred Antiques—and the shoulder 
bears a hatched border. Cover decoration to match. 
(Known as “ginger jar”; designed as a presentation tea jar 

at New Year.) 
Height, 9% inches 


301—BLUE AND WHITE TALL VASE K’ang-hsi 
Ovoidal, with sloping shoulders, short wide neck and flaring 
lip. On the body a Court scene with Emperor and Empress 
enthroned before a table holding books and ornaments, 
attendants at their backs and nobles of the entourage stand- 
ing about, and two entertainers on a mat in the foreground. 
Exterior to this a horseman over whom an attendant holds 
a canopy. Altogether twenty-seven figures. On the neck a 
waterside landscape with more figures. 


Height, 20°58 inches 


302—Patrr TALL BLUE AND WHITE VASES WITH THEIR OWN 
ORIGINAL COVERS K’ang-hsi 


Forming with the three bottles of the preceding lot a garni- 
ture of five pieces. Their decoration while differing in 
detail from that of the bottles is in the same motives, and 
brilliantly executed. Mark, an artemisia leaf. (One cover 
slightly chipped, the other repaired.) 

Height, 17%4 inches 


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303—B.LuE AND WHITE GARNITURE K’ang-hsi 
Three tall double-gourd bottle-form vases, of the same style, 
shape and decoration. Two of these form an original pair, 
in heavy porcelain, marked under the foot of each with an 
artemisia leaf within a double-ring in blue; of these, one is 
repaired at the lip, one restored at the lip. The third vase 
is intact; it is of slightly lighter porcelain and a quarter-inch 
shorter than the others, and without mark. The decoration, 
in brilliant sapphire-blue, presents Chinese ladies in flowing 
robes—“Long Elizas”—alternately with jardiniéres of vari- 
ous plants, in three tiers of molded panels, besides border 
designs. 


Heights, 15% inches and 15% inches 
(Illustrated ) 


AYNLINYVS GLIHA UNV ANTH#—t0e ON 


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304—GranD BLUE AND WHITE GARNITURE OF FIVE PIECES 
K’ang-hsi 
Consisting of three temple jars with original covers, and 
two tall beaker-shaped vases. Compartmental decoration, 
the various panels or compartments modeled in light relief, 
in series, and penciled in rich and fine sapphire-blue vary- 
ing in tone from glowing depths to transparent wash, with 
landscapes, flowers and figures. On the jars, three tiers 
of the panels, with another tier on the covers, and on the 
beakers four tiers. Each jar has six borders, and the covers 
have two borders each, and the beakers have six borders 
each including two on the upper side of the lip. Mark on 
the beakers, a blue leaf within a blue double-ring. (Glaze 
at beaker lips slightly chipped; one jar repaired at neck.) 


Height of beakers and one jar, 211% inches; of other 
jars, 221 and 223% inches. 


Exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 


(Illustrated ) 


SHO4Id AAI 4O AYNLINYVS ALIHM GNV FATE GUNVYD—POE ON 


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OME EAA NA ALLEN LLLP OOP AMANO Em tren 


305—BLvuE AND WHITE TALL BEAKER K’ang-hsi 


Decoration throughout in the so-called hawthorn pattern, the 
Chinese winter-blooming wild prunus tree in blossom, 
trunks, branches and flowers in white reserve within a pul- 
sating blue ground marked in dark lines in representation 
of the winter’s ice disintegrating at the approach of spring. 
Crenellated and basket borders. (Repaired at lip.) 


Height, 18 inches 


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306—BLUE AND WHITE CYLINDRICAL CUP-SHAPED VASE 
K’ang-hsi 
Brilliant decoration in sapphire-blue in deep tones and 
transparent wash, picturing scholars standing on a rocky 
shore and seated in a pavilion, in an extensive mountainous 
landscape, the ground color a rich and soft cream-white. 


Series of neck borders. 
Height, 17% inches 


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307—Biur anp Wuite TempLe Jar witH Its Own OrIcINAL 
COVER Chien-lung 

Ovoid, the cover hat-shaped. Brilliant white glaze, over a 
finely executed conventional lotus scroll in two tones of 
blue; cover in the same motive, with bud finial. Mark, the 
imperial seal of Ch’ien-lung. (Cover has slight repair at 

rim. ) Height, 19%4 inches 


DECORATED PORCELAINS 


308—FAMILLE-ROSE SEMI-EGGSHELL CUP AND SAUCER 
Yung Chéng 
Decorated with rock peonies and other flowers, and dogs 
snarling at one another, in famille-rose enamels on a pure 
white ground. Diameter of saucer, 4% inches 


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309—Two Decoratep Jars Ming 


One with original mandarin cover. Ovoid; decorated in 
underglaze blue and red, and green and yellow enamels, 
with kylins rampant amid a peony scroll. 

Height, 4 inches 


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310—UnusuaL DecoratepD VASE Ch’ien-lung 


Bottle-form with spreading foot, tubular neck and expanding 
lip. The body is overlaid with a gold ground, which is 
interrupted by a variety of floral sprays in famille-rose 
enamels. Seal mark of the reign. 

Height, 734 inches 


311—PairR SAUCER-SHAPE PLATES Ming 


Glaze of pale emerald-green with an iridescent metallic 
lustre, interrupted by a decoration engraved in the paste and 
glazed in imperial yellow and aubergine; in the bottom 
medallion a vase of flowers, around the sides Buddhistic 
emblems. Mark: Ta Ming Wan Li nien chth incised beneath 
the glaze. (Chip out of rim of one.) 

Diameter, 5°4 inches 


312—Biack AND GREEN BowL K’ang-hsi 


Ovoid, with bold foot. Fine, delicate and sonorous white 
porcelain, the interior of the bowl glazed in white, the ex- 
terior in brilliant black, which is interrupted by a highly 
conventional floral decoration in turquoise-green. Mark, the 
six characters of K’ang-hsi. (Broken, and repaired with 
gold lacquer. ) 


Diameter, 6°4 inches 


313—STATUETTE OF A Man 
Seated figure of a smiling sage holding in one hand a fly- 
whisk and in the other a rodent, his robe glazed in gray-blue, 
his beard in creamy white and his face in pale yellow; his 


cap remains in the biscuit. 
Height, 8% inches 


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314—THREE-COLOR ORNAMENT 


Recumbent figure of China’s most famous bibulous poet, 
Li Tai Peh, resting against an ovoid jar—his wine jar— 
in Ming coloring, imperial yellow, green and aubergine. 


Length, 7 inches 


(Illustrated ) 


315—-Pair THREE-COLOR ORNAMENTS 


Each composed of the united statuettes of two smiling boys, 
holding lotuses, on openwork bases of rockery; in Ming 
coloring of yellow, green and aubergine, the flesh glazed in 
gray. (Both slightly chipped at hands.) 
Height, 5% inches 
(Illustrated ) 


316—FIVE-COLOR STATUETTE Ming 


Standing figure of a smiling boy on a cubical base with 
rounded corners, holding in his arms a jar with lotus bud 
and leaf. Decorated in green, yellow, red and aubergine, 
on a white ground. 

Height, 10°4 inches 


317—Partr ROUCE-DE-CUIVRE Dracon Bow.s K’ang-hsi 


Semi-globular, with bold foot. Thin, fine hard-paste white 
porcelain, clear and sonorous, with a brilliant soft white 
glaze, and a decoration of imperial dragons pursuing the 
jewel of omnipotence, executed in fine underglaze copper- 
red. Six-character mark of K’ang-hsi within a double-ring. 
(One bowl perfect; one cracked, but not broken apart.) 


Diameter, 6% inches 


318—Derep Bow. witH PoLycHRoME Decoration  K’ang-hsi 


Inverted bell shape with low foot. Exterior in a luminous 
black glaze with iridescent metallic lustre, and decorated 
with birds on the wing and perched on peony and hydran- 
gea bushes, in green, yellow, aubergine and white. Within, 
a floral border with emblems, and a floral spray. Mark, a 
blue double-ring. 


Diameter, 7°4 inches 


315 


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319—IMPERIAL PLATE Nineteenth Century 


Broad and ovoidal on a low foot. Interior glazed in a light 
canary tone of the imperial yellow, as a ground, with a 
luxuriance of peonies etched in a soft grayish-black and 
enameled in white, as a decoration, supplemented by the 
hall-mark and motto of the late Empress Dowager reserved 
and glazed in coral-red, “Ta Ya Chai.” On the exterior a 
floral display in polychrome enamels on a white ground. 
Underneath the foot, the dedication: “Yung Ch’ing Ch’ang 
Ch’un,” “Eternal prosperity and enduring Spring.” 


Diameter, 8°4 inches 


320—FIvE-coLor Bow. Ming 


Broad pear shape with bold foot. Vigorously painted in 
underglaze and enamel colors with two phcenixes among 
blossoming peonies. 

Diameter, 8% inches 


321—Parr FAMILLE-VERTE PI-T’UNG K’ang-hsi 


Cylindrical brush pots in white, decorated with Court ladies 


and boys in famille-verte enamels. 
Height, 5% inches 


322—GARNITURE OF Five FLorRAL Jars K’ang-hsi 


Inverted pear-shape with short neck and flaring foot, in 
quatrefoil modeling. Decorated in polychrome enamels on 
a creamy white ground with the peony, chrysanthemum, lo- 
tus, iris and other floral forms, and with butterflies and 


symbols. 
Height, 8°84 inches 


323—Parr Five-coLor TEMPLE JARs Ming 


Four-clawed dragons rise from a whirlpool sea which is 
breaking against rocks, and pursue the jewel of power 
amongst clouds, in an atmosphere burning with their flaming 
breath. In green, yellow and aubergine enamels, and under- 
glaze red and blue, on a white ground. 
Height, 8°% inches 
(Illustrated ) 


324—CYLINDRICAL JAR wiTH MANDARIN COVER Chien-lung 


Underglaze and overglaze decoration of the imperial em- 
blems, the dragon and the pheenix, in polychrome, among 
blue clouds on a white ground, over a heaving sea. On the 
cover the bats of happiness replace the dragon and phoenix. 
Seal mark of the reign. 

Height, 10% inches 


SUV£ AIdWAL WOOO AAT YIVd ce ON 


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325—STATUETTE OF A DEITY Ming 


Seated figure of Kuan Ti, the State god of war, in robes and 
armor, enthroned on a tiger-skin. Left hand on knee, with 
his right he strokes his long black beard. Colors green, 
yellow, gray-white and aubergine, with biscuit reserve. The 
conjecture has been put forth that this figure was designed 
to repesent Kublai Khan in the guise of the god of war. 


Height, 11% inches 


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326—POTTERY STATUETTE Ming 


Seated figure of Kuan Yin, enthroned, in voluminous robes 
of rich turquoise-blue and awbergine-brown. The face and 
breast are gilded, and show warm brownish patches from 
the fumes of incense. 

Height, 15 inches 


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327—Tripop INCENSE BURNER Yuan 
Body broad-globular, the heavy stump feet spreading and 
supporting at the knees relief masks. Under the lip a foli- 
ated border in relief, and around the body four-clawed 
dragons in relief guarding the jewel of omnipotence. Bril- 
liant creamy glaze, with greenish areas, and with grayish 
areas of disintegration and earth incrustation. Teakwood 


cover and stand. 
Diameter, 11 inches 


Exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 


328—-PHOENIX TEMPLE JAR Ming 


The body is divided laterally by double-rings in pale under- 
glaze cobalt-blue into a deep band and two borders, all 
bearing a rich decoration in the peony motive, with the 
large blossoms broadly executed in a soft underglaze rouge- 
de-cuivre and the leafage in emerald-green on a white 
ground. In the deep band encircling the body two large 
pheenixes of fleet wing soar through the floreation, appear- 
ing in the same coloring with the addition of light yellow 


and grayish aubergine enamels. 
Height, 10°4 inches 


(Illustrated ) 


329—Dracon TEMPLE JAR Ming 
Companion to the preceding, with three land dragons re- 
placing the two pheenixes, and omission of the aubergine 

hue. 
Height, 11 inches 


(Illustrated ) 


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330—FAMILLE-VERTE BEAKER K’ang-hsi 


Lively decoration in varied enamel colors and underglaze 
red on a ground of soft and luminous white—tree peonies 
and chrysanthemums, floral sprays, and florets blown into 
the air among butterflies and birds on the wing, a phoenix 
on a rock, all carefully executed. Three red borders between 


blue rings. 
Height, 15 inches 


(Illustrated ) 


331—LoNGEVITY VASE Yung Chéng 


Ovoid body springing from a deep and bell-shaped foot, 
lightly rounded shoulder and wide hour-glass neck, with an 
upright and molded lip. On the neck, facing a pine tree 
growing near a rock, Shou-lao, the god of longevity, appears 
with his long staff, accompanied by an attendant bearing a 
bundle of scrolls, and by a stag, one of his emblems, which 
holds another emblem of long life, the sacred fungus, in its 
mouth. On the body of the vase, near another pine tree 
and rock—the pine also an emblem of long life—are four 
“Graceful Ladies,” carrying respectively a branch of the 
fungus, peaches of immortality, a scroll and a basket of 
flowers. In six enamel colors and a delicate copper-red o 
a soft-white ground. : 

Height, 15% inches 

(Illustrated ) 


332—FAMILLE-VERTE BEAKER K’ang-hsi 


Dense, heavy and resonant porcelain, with a mirror glaze of 
soft white, and carrying a brilliant display of ornamenta- 
tion in famille-verte enamels enriched and enlivened by an 
extensive use of soft and fine underglaze copper-red. The 
decoration is in the phenix-and-peony motive, with land- 
scape, and with smaller birds and butterflies on the wing. 
Mark, a blue double-ring. 


(Illustrated ) 


Height, 18 inches 


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333—TEMPLE JAR witH Its Own OricinaL Manparin Cover 
Yung Chéng | 

Inverted pear shape, with elaborate and highly colorful 
ornamentation. Body ground a lustrous black enamel, 
threaded by foliar scrolls reserved in underglaze emerald- 
green with black veinings, in chrysanthemum design, with 
numerous blooms appearing in various enamels. This dec- 
oration is interrupted by fan and scroll shaped reserves in 
brilliant white, adorned with flowers and belligerent roost- 

ers in polychrome enamels. Three borders. Cover decora- 


tion in accord. 
Height, 16% inches 


No. 333—TEMPLE JAR WITH ITS OWN ORIGINAL 
MANDARIN COVER 


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334—Granp TEMPLE JAR WITH ORIGINAL COVER Ming 


Inverted pear shape, the cover hat shaped. White glaze of 
soft lustre, with orange-skin surface of minute markings. 
Brilliant polychrome decoration in underglaze and over- 
glaze colors, picturing a seaside garden where an important 
lady of the Court, well attended, is being served with wine 
and other refreshments. Altogether nine ladies appear, be- 
sides male attendants. Around the neck a floral border. 


Height, 18°4 inches 


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335—Ovor Jar 
Polychrome decoration in low tones in a band and six bor- 
ders, the band of yellowish ground interrupted by three 
polyfoliate medallions enclosing phcenixes. 


Height, 16 inches 


336—Ovo1w JARDINIERE IN NANKING WARE 


Polychrome enamel decoration embellished with gold, in a 
border and four panels, two presenting birds and flowers, 
and two figures of non-Chinese features, characterized by 
nasal prominence, in pavilions and on terraces. 


Height, 13°4 inches 


337—DeEcoRATED GARDEN SEAT IN NANKING WARE 


Barrel-shape, studded with bosses and pierced with “cash” 
medallions. Flamboyant decoration in polychrome enamels 
and gold, in numerous compartments, some enclosing flowers 
and birds, others groups of figures representing either legen- 
dary episodes of theatrical scenes. The figures have the 
same prominent noses as those pictured in the jardiniere 
preceding. Possibly a legendary echo of ancient Tartar 


conquest tales. 
Height, 18% inches 


338—Pair Funerary Urns Sung 
Body, which occupies about one-half the length of the jar, 
ovoidal and slender, on a bold foot, and finishing in a 
lighly everted lip. About this a wide cylindrical neck, end- 
ing in an upright lip above a flange formed of a festooned 
leaf. An archaic dragon in relief coils about the neck, a 
disc (representing the traditional jewel) is also modeled in 
relief there, and in addition there is on one vase a leaf and 
on the other two leaves, all in relief. Standing on the lip 
of the jar body, a circle of robed statuettes surrounds the 
neck, the circle numbering ten figures on one vase and 
eleven on the other. Gray glaze of soft lustre. 


Heights, 17% and 17% inches 


Exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 


No. 340—PALACE JAR WITH ITS OWN ORIGINAL COVER 


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339—FUNERARY URN Sung 
Slender body ovoidal and plain, with a bold foot, the 


shoulder supporting a festooned leaf which encircles it and 
appears as a bold relief border; above this, both shoulder 
and neck present a succession of channeled rings encircling 
them. On the shoulder a duck and a lion in relief (latter’s 
head missing), and about the neck a dragon in relief. 
Three ear-loop handles. Glaze of soft creamy grayish-white, 
with crackle. 

Height, 15°4 inches 


Exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 


340—PaLace Jar witH Its Own OricINAL CoveR Yung Chéng 
Tree peonies and magnolias in resplendent blossom, with iris 
and bush bamboo below, a gaily colored phceenix singing on 
a rock and a sombre companion bird looking up from a 
lower rock, all richly painted in enamels of the rose-verte 
family on a luminous soft white ground. On shoulder a 

ju-i border, which is repeated on the cover. 
Height, 24% inches 

(Illustrated ) 


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